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Now That's Encouraging: Genetics as the Cautionary Example

Sep 24, 2008

This BBC news story reports that a nonprofit group says studies have shown that "life-saving scientific research is being stifled by a 'broken' patent system." The Innovation Partnership, based in Canada, says patent issues are delaying advances in cancer treatment, synthetic biology, agbio, and nanotechnology. Lead author of the study Richard Gold offers an alternative approach to IP and says, "We do not want to end up in the same situation with nanotechnology that we are in with genetics."

 

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