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Entering the Gene Pool

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Nick Rose Utne.com 
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East Carolina University Medical Humanities Professor David B. Resnik, in a paper published in The Journal of Philosophy, Science, and Law, concurs, claiming that 'a biotechnology patent pool could encourage the type of public-private cooperation that is necessary to research and innovation in biotechnology and biomedicine.' At this point, it's as if the different companies in the gene industry are each holding a piece of a puzzle: Alone they can get nowhere, but if they all share their pieces with everyone else, a better picture starts to emerge. Though questions remain over whether biotech companies will see patent pools as economically attractive, some, like Resnik, are holding out hope that a more collaborative approach to biotechnology will win the day.

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