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• The Guardian: It's time to burst the biomedical bubble in UK research (12th July 2018)
  

• The Independent: Half of all patents for genes from marine species owned by one company (7th June 2018)
  

• First Post: Monsanto loses legal battle over GM cotton patents; firm's false claim exposed, says National Seed Association head (12th April 2018)
  

• Independent Science News: Genetics Is Giving Way to a New Science of Life (6th February 2017)
  

• European Patent Office: EPO stays proceedings in certain biotechnology cases (12th December 2016)
  

• Science: Rise of digital DNA raises biopiracy fears (17th November 2016)
  

• Deutsche Welle: Carlsberg urged by NGOs to rethink beer ingredient patents (17th November 2016)
  

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  No Patents on Seeds: EU Commission says plants and animals derived from conventional breeding should be regarded as non-patentable (3rd November 2016)
  

• IP Watch: EPO Backs Patents On Conventional Plants: Broccoli, Tomato Cases Decided (30th March 2015)
  

• Common Dreams: US Scientists, Oil Giant Stole Indigenous Blood (18th June 2014)
  

• SciDevNet: UK's Science Media Centre lambasted for pushing corporate science (14th May 2014)
  

• Investig'Action: Le Chili celebre le triomphe contre la Loi Monsanto et l'Accord UPOV [In French] (12th April 2014)
  

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  BBC: US Supreme Court says human DNA cannot be patented (13th June 2013)
  

• The Observer: Gene wars: the last-ditch battle over who owns the rights to our DNA (21st April 2013)
  

• FT: Science: Custodians of the code (26th March 2013)
  

• The Guardian: Europe 'has failed to learn from environmental disasters' (23rd January 2013)
  

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  Salem-News.com: Family Farmers Travel to Washington D.C. to Take on Monsanto (6th January 2012)
  

• Reuters: Food safety group calls for court to limit GMO seed patents (10th December 2012)
  

• Reuters: Supreme Court to decide if human genes patentable (30th November 2012)
  

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  Bloomberg: DuPont Sends in Former Cops to Enforce Seed Patents: Commodities (28th November 2012)
  

• TheGuardian: Genetically modifying and patenting seeds isn't the answer (9th October 2012)
  

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  Nature News: Monsanto may lose GM soya royalties throughout Brazil (15th June 2012)
  

• GigaOm: Famous judge spikes Apple-Google case, calls patent system "dysfunctional" (8th June 2012)
  

  US judge criticises patent system.

• The Nation: How Our Genetic Maps Are Being Sold to the Highest Bidder (6th June 2012)
  

• The Scientist: Gene Patent Stirs Controversy (4th June 2012)
  

• BBC: UK bioscience industry gets GBP250m cash boost from government (24th May 2012)
  

• BioTechniques: Gene Patent Case Heads Back to Court (14th May 2012)
  

• The Globe and Mail: Why science has to promise profits (23rd April 2012)
  

• in Press articles
  The Guardian: It's time for a register of interests for science academics (10th April 2012)
  

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