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By Kevin Noonan Recently, patenting human DNA has been the subject of questionable legislation and alarmist opinion pieces in the U.S. Meanwhile, a team of British researchers has assessed the past, present, and likely future of gene patenting worldwide, and has come to dramatically different conclusions. The study, by members of the Science…
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By Kevin Noonan Much has been written in the comments to my response to Michael Crichton’s recent OpEd piece in The New York Times. In order to open up the debate to those who haven’t read the comments, here is a thought experiment: You isolate a petrochemical with excellent lubrication qualities. It is…
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By Kevin Noonan Michael Crichton has always hated – or feared – technology. In his novels The Andromeda Strain, The Terminal Man, and Jurassic Park, he has been a technology Cassandra, a modern-day Luddite warning that technology would get us if we weren’t very careful. And while space viruses, inhuman cyborgs, and thunder…
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