Odds are the &quot;make a cure from it&quot; part would be a human invention and therefore patentable.<p>And even if all &quot;cures&quot; are no longer patentable - society wants cures to diseases. So if the system isn&#x27;t delivering cures society will change the approval system[1]. It&#x27;s not like the current approval process was handed down from god on stone tablets.<p>1) Or change patent law to cover discoveries from nature.