J. Craig Venter Institute Seeks Monopoly Patents on the World's First-Ever Human-Made Life Form
Ten years after Dolly the cloned sheep made her stunning debut, the J. Craig Venter Institute is applying for a patent on a new biological bombshell - the world's first-ever human-made species. The novel bacterium is made entirely with synthetic DNA in the laboratory.
"For the first time, God has competition," adds Pat Mooney of the ETC Group. "Venter and his colleagues have breached a societal boundary, and the public hasn't even had a chance to debate the far-reaching social, ethical and environmental implications of synthetic life," said Mooney.
see: http://www.etcgroup.org/en/materials/publications.html?pub_id=631
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