Traduction de «Human gene » (Anglais → Français) :

Thus, an application for a patent for a sequence or partial sequence of human genes is only acceptable if the application is accompanied by both a description of the original method of sequencing which led to the invention and an explanation of the industrial application to which the work is to lead.

The 1998 Directive is based explicitly on respect for the fundamental principles safeguarding the dignity and integrity of the person and asserts the principle that neither the human body, at any stage in its formation and development, including germ cells, nor the simple discovery of one of its elements or one of its products, including the sequence or partial sequence of a human gene, can be patented. The Directive in question excludes from patentability human reproductive cloning and the commercial exploitation of embryos or elements of the human body. As regards animals, it even prohibits any patent being granted for genetic modifica ...[+++]tion likely to cause suffering for no substantial benefit.

Also, understanding how a gene functions in plants can then help understand how human genes work and enable scientists to explain genetic diseases and create new drugs.

(16) Whereas patent law must be applied so as to respect the fundamental principles safeguarding the dignity and integrity of the person; whereas it is important to assert the principle that the human body, at any stage in its formation or development, including germ cells, and the simple discovery of one of its elements or one of its products, including the sequence or partial sequence of a human gene, cannot be patented; whereas these principles are in line with the criteria of patentability proper to patent law, whereby a mere discovery cannot be patented;

The availability of the complete human gene map opens up enormous possibilities requiring a pooling of research efforts on a very large scale.

Should we place limits on tampering with human genes ?