He has been criticized for the fact that the research was funded by Synthetic Genomics, a company that he cofounded, which will hold the intellectual property rights resulting from the research – and has already filed for 13 patents related to it.
Lo han criticado porque la investigación estuvo financiada por Synthetic Genomics, una empresa que él cofundó, que tendrá los derechos de propiedad intelectual resultantes de la investigación –y que ya ha presentado 13 patentes vinculadas a ella-.