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The race to identify the human genetic make-up has been accompanied by another rush: to patent some of those genes just like the light bulb or the cotton gin. At least a thousand human genes already have been patented and thousands more are pending. Chances are, your genetic structure - your most pr...

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Other Authors: Curran, Dierdre Naphin (Producer), Safer, Morley (Reporter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System, 2001.
Subjects:
Genetic engineering > Law and legislation.
Human genome > Patents.
United States.
France > Paris.
Internet videos.
Television news programs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The race to identify the human genetic make-up has been accompanied by another rush: to patent some of those genes just like the light bulb or the cotton gin. At least a thousand human genes already have been patented and thousands more are pending. Chances are, your genetic structure - your most private property - may well belong to someone else, 60 Minutes correspondent Morley Safer reports.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 9, 2015).
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 min.)
Playing Time:00:12:39