Gene Patents and Palm Trees

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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.

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