Indeed, Synthia’s very existence challenges the distinction between living and artificial that underlies much of the opposition to “patenting life” – though pointing this out is not to approve the granting of sweeping patents that prevent other scientists from making their own discoveries in this important new field.
事实上，“辛西娅”的现实存在挑战了生命体和人造产品之间的界限，而这也是大多数反对“将生命申请专利”的呼声的依据——虽然指出这一点并不是在赞成某些人申请一些宽泛的专利，并以此来阻止其他科学家在这个重要的新领域取得自己的发现。