Business Case Should Patenting Genes Article Review

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Annabelle Lever makes a very strong argument for her case, and is ultimately convincing in her assertion that the degree of manipulation necessary to create a patentable gene warrants their continued patentable nature without ethical fears entering the picture. While it is important to respect life and the building blocks of life and to ensure that these building blocks do not suddenly fall under ridiculous legal restrictions or controls, it is also important to encourage progress in the new and still emerging area of gene creation and manipulation. Continuing to allow patents for genes and recognizing the ethical good that these patents can produce is important as brave new worlds of medical and technological capabilities are continuously invented, and limiting these patents out of a misguided fear that they will lead to control over life or the reduction of medical efficacy would be a great disservice to humanity.

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The U.S. banking industry is not directly affected by the patentability of genes, however in the long-term there could be substantial impacts on profitability and in the type of business ventures banks can and should choose to back based on decisions in this regard. Banks providing funding capital for startup companies involved in gene creation are obviously impacted by whether or not genes can be patented, and must also take the ethicality of their investments and potential investments into account when making decisions. If gene patents were wholly unethical banks would be more limited in the scope of their….....

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