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Gene Patents and Palm Trees

Mar 12, 2007

The Florida representative from Indialantic is sponsoring a Congressional bill to prohibit human gene patenting. Florida Today tries to explain gene patenting to Rep. Dave Weldon’s home district in this article. The article covers several sides of the fragmented debate, showing that many people involved may just be of two minds.

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