Biotechs Tap Extremophiles For Profit And Debate
Biotech firms push extremophiles to improve waste cleanup medicines and industrial chemicals while facing moral questions over private patenting of natural organisms. Noted examples include Deinococcus radiodurans and Thermus aquaticus whose genes enable DNA repair and PCR. debates involve indigenous communities and Antarctica patenting rules.
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