Science and technology are responsible for almost every advance in our modern quality of
life. Yet science isn't just about laboratories, telescopes and particle accelerators. Public …

This article examines what it means to patent a gene. Numerous ethical concerns have been
raised about the effects of such patents on clinical medical practice as well as on research …

The genetic revolution has spawned 4 distinct issues of universal importance to health care
policy and society: genetic privacy, regulation and standardization of genetic tests, gene …

In 1996, the US-based biotechnology company Myriad Genetics began offering genetic
diagnostic tests for mutations in the genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, which are linked to …

In addition to straining public-health administrations, severe acute respiratory syndrome
(SARS) is testing out the patent system. Recent news1 that researchers in the USA, Canada …

I. Introduction intellectual property rights are increasingly the subject of national and
international study, any deficiencies in our understanding of these rights and their place in …

This paper examines one nascent entrepreneurial endeavour intended by Canada's Stem
Cell Network to catalyze the commercialization of stem cell research: the creation of a …

Several recent gene patent controversies have energized and refocused the human gene
patent debate in Canada. These include the use of the Myriad test for breast cancer by the …

120 current regulations are not adequate for biological matter, namely genes, polypeptides
and living organisms. Aside from ethical objections, they argue that biological matter per se …

Human gene patents continue to stir social controversy, including the possibility that they
might adversely affect public access to useful technologies. It has been suggested that a …