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Who owns our Genes?

Who owns the human genes in samples held in laboratories worldwide?

How the map of the human genome, due to be published next year, is causing concern about who owns the genetic material held in research samples worldwide. Ocean sediments dating back 55 million years reveal a possible discharge of methane hydric reservoirs which might have caused drastic climate change. Is there another planet in the Oort Cloud at the edge of our solar system? The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria has a new strategy for the eradication of striga weed that infests 40% of the sub-Sahara region.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

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