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World Service,10 Mar 2000,29 mins

The Rush To Patent Life Itself

Global Business

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The price of oil and the Human Genome Project and the rush to patent it. As the price of oil hits $30 US a barrel, a report from the Arabian Gulf shows how countries like Oman are investing in gas alternatives. A look at the how the discovery of the human genome, could change medicine and how its ownership could end up as a business battleground.

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