John Sulston , along with Sarah Chan and John Harris , drop a line thatscientific process is being stymieddue to extravagant possession of scientific noetic property . One of the more distressing statistic ? secret fellowship have patent intimately 20 % of human genes .
For example , it is reckon that some 20 % of private human genes have been patent already or have been filed for patent . As a result , research on certain factor is largely restricted to the companies that have the patents , and test involving them are marketed at prohibitory prices . We think that this pose a very real danger to the development of science for the public commodity .
basically , if any chemical group want to conduct inquiry on certain types of genes , they have to pay the patent holder to formally transmit out the experimentation . And then , of course , there are the pharmaceutic companies , who will buy up cash in one’s chips patents to prevent potential competitors from infringing on the market territory of their status quo drug .
All of this , according to Sulston and co. , means we ’re limiting the best potential scientific breakthroughs . alternatively , we ’re flummox waiting for the one which prove most profitable . That sucks . [ GuardianviaOpen Science ]
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