Spiegel-on line today has a piece on the German debate on whether modified plants and animals may be patented. This strikes me as a very important debate, but I dont recall the issues getting much attention in the USA. In any case, might we get a discussion going here?

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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