Gene Patents on CBS's "60 Minutes"

Posted by Jesse Reynolds April 2, 2010

By Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical Times | 04.02.2010

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(Updated Monday April 5) Last night, 60 Minutes--the long-running American television news show--aired a segment on the debate over human gene patents. Here is the full segment, and three short "web extras":

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