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askBeehaw: should copyright even exist at all? and if it should, how long should the ideal term of copyright be? (beehaw.org)
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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago

You can't patent things that aren't a process or a product, so no you can't patent genes.

Genes can be sliced and spliced with methods such as CRISPR. The genetic code that has been artificially transformed by such methods qualifies as a "product". Yes, genes can be patented.