The Genome Project: The Ethical Issues of Gene Patenting : Hearing Before the the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, on Issues Relating to Genetic Research and Biotechnology, Focusing on the Ethical Implications of Gene Patenting, September 22, 1992, Volume 4 |
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Page 179 - Referred to the Committee on and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed AMENDMENT Intended to be proposed by Mr.
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Page 132 - Ultraviolet radiation is dangerous, particularly to the eyes. To minimize exposure, make sure that the ultraviolet light source is adequately shielded and wear protective goggles or a full safety mask that efficiently blocks ultraviolet light.
Page 112 - Estimate the volume of the solution, add 0.1 volume of 3 M sodium acetate (pH 5.2) and 2.5 volumes of 100% ethanol; spin at 12,000g for 30 min at 4°C to precipitate the DNA.
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Page 104 - Ethidium bromide is a powerful mutagen and is moderately toxic. Gloves should be worn when working with solutions that contain this dye.
Page 162 - The patenting of animals brings up the central ethical issue of reverence for life. Will future generations follow the ethic of this patent policy and view life as mere chemical manufacture and invention with no greater value or meaning than industrial products?
Page 2 - The Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 168 - It is the role of Congress, not this Court, to broaden or narrow the reach of the patent laws. This is especially true where, as here, the composition sought to be patented uniquely implicates matters of public concern. produced from seed, there has been no such protection.
Page 167 - But once this is accomplished, all living material will be reduced to an arrangement of chemicals, or "mere compositions of matter.