Should you be able to patent a human gene? | Tania Simoncelli

Hey guys! Today that is Friday we are going to still talking about PATENTS. Nevertheless, in this time we found an interesting video about it. So we are going to ask the following question: Are human genes patentable? Back in 2005, when Tania Simoncelli first contemplated this complex question, US patent law said they were, which meant patent holders had the right to stop anyone from sequencing, testing or even looking at a patented gene. Troubled by the way this law both harmed patients and created a barrier to biomedical innovation, Simoncelli and her colleagues at the ACLU challenged it. In this riveting talk, hear the story of how they took a case everybody told them they would lose all the way to the Supreme Court.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Reference APA:

Simoncelli, T. (2016). Tania Simoncelli: Should you be able to patent a human gene? Retrieved from: https://www.ted.com/playlists/329/new_tech_new_morals