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87 A.B.A. J. 46 (2001)
The Big Gene Profit Machine

handle is hein.journals/abaj87 and id is 332 raw text is: BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW 0 0 S * o O ** * M*ch t *: BY MARGARET GRAHAM TEBO W hen famed scientist Jonas Salk was asked whether he planned to patent his polio vac ® cine, he reportedly answered, Can you patent the sun? Science has come a long way since Salk's revolu, tionary vaccine was introduced in 1952. Today, scien- tists are racing to patent not only vaccines and medi- cines but also the actual human tissues on which those products work. Even before the scientists published discoveries from their map of the human genome in February, the race was on to patent various individual genes that form the blueprint for human life. The motives were clear. Not only is there a place in history for those who follow the genoine map aind find the cures for all sorts of diseases, but thefinanbial rewards for being first to do so could nake Bill Gatgsi billions look like pocket change. The solving of the genomic jigsaw pu$le bq_, im e plications that are both magnificent, and horf.ying. e This advaneg may give scie te pweP toeliminke 46 ABA JOURNAL / APRIL 2001 Don, S 0 'YJEEF CIO ISE

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