That is a clever argument, but is it really the source of people’s profound disquiet about genetic patenting? In talking about similar issues raised in my recent book Body Shopping , I have heard many shocked reactions to the growing commodification of human tissue, but none more generally shared than this one: how can you take out a patent on life?
这是个聪明的提法，但它是否真是人们深刻忧虑基因专利的根源？在对我不久前的新著 《人体购物》 所提出的问题进行探讨时，我已经听到对人体组织日益商品化的许多惊人反应，但哪一种都不如本案更有代表性：怎么能对生命申请专利呢？