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The Epistemic Consequences of Genetic Patenting
The legal acceptance of patents on genetic material unleashed a flood of funding for basic research into genetics and ultimately led to a number of successful medical diagnostics and treatments. However, conducting basic research within an explicitly capitalist framework while conforming to the specific requirements of patents vs. publications places particular pressures on the subjects, methods and results […]