Office Regrets Patent for Modified Humans
For Immediate Release: 22 February 2000
The Globe and Mail
Office regrets patent for modified humans
Tuesday, February 22, 2000
Munich -- A decision to grant a patent for the production of genetically modified humans was a serious mistake as well as contrary to German law, a spokesman for the European Patent Office admitted yesterday.
The office's admission followed revelations by the environmental group Greenpeace and the German edition of the Financial Times that a patent that could theoretically be used to clone human beings was approved in December. AFP
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