From 'God's handwriting' to corporate profits

By Nathaniel Heller

Genome companies and their lawyers and lobbyists have locked up federal policy on human gene patenting with little public discussion

Excerpts from this story referencing "Human Genome Project":

"… era Genomics Inc. of Rockville, Md. On June 26, Venter and the head of the Human Genome Project, the government's genome venture, announced to a crowd assembled at the Ca …"

"… te, "prepare the Judicial Branch for new case varieties emanating from the Human Genome Project's identification of all human genes," paid for a $1,000 Coble trip to the …"

"… ons is absolutely chilling." In a recent statement issued after the Celera/Human Genome Project announcement, the organization lamented, "Those who make public policy can …"