Thursday, September 17, 2009

The flawed quest for perfection

Article by Australian bioethicist, Margaret Somerville.
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=cfb72128-dbaf-455a-b8f9-a9d4ea5efe47

We use prenatal screening to identify fetuses with genetic or other disabilities, such as Down syndrome, and abort them. And, most recently, we have a ...

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

competing interests in gene patenting

Submissions to the Australian Government enquiry into patentable matter:
http://www.acip.gov.au/reviewpatentable.html

Should we be able to patent genes?