Related Resources

DNA sequence patenting is a very real and legal outlet in the United States. Please look through the list of resources below to find out more about where we are, where we're going, and what may be possible (or probable) in the future.

http://dnapatents.georgetown.edu/
http://www.gene-watch.org/programs/patents/patenting101.html
http://www.dnapatent.com/
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DED/is_9_20/ai_61859165
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=17456
http://www.pubpat.org/ . . . /PUBPAT525Request.pdf (400k PDF)
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5122345-claims.html
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2004/january/patenting.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/28599/depth_patent.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_patent*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_patents*
*These last two are wikis — take them with a grain of salt.

In the booklist below, the titles under "Future Possibilities" will give you an idea of some of the places that the genomic revolution may be able to take us. The titles under "Current Science" provide detailed accounts of the state of genetics research today.