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Correspondence
Nature 408, 017 (2 November 2000) | doi:10.1038/35040754
Genes should not be patentable, but if they are, we all have to do it
Edgar Dutra Zanotto1
- 7-09-00 Federal University of São Carlos, 13.565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
Public debate about advances in molecular biology and the billion-dollar revenues that may accrue from new therapies has taken on particular significance in Brazil. This is a result of the enormous success of the consortium which reported the genetic sequencing of Xylella fastidiosa1, the bacterium causing the 'amarelinho' disease that destroys more than 30% of São Paulo's orange groves.
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