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42 ”science discovery and innovation within the next decade”

Ibid.

43 industry will be one of the pillars

”China Establishes National Gene Bank in Shenzhe,” Xinhua News Agency, June 18, 2011.

44 eventually sequence the genomes of almost every child in China

David Cyranoski, ”Chinese Bioscience: The Sequence Factory,” Nature, March 3, 2010.

45 first patent on a gene

Harriet A. Was.h.i.+ngton, Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself-and the Consequences for Your Healthy and Our Medical Future (New York: Doubleday, 2011), p. 181.

46 more than 40,000 gene patents have been issued, covering 2,000 human genes

Sharon Begley, ”In Surprise Ruling, Court Declares Two Gene Patents Invalid,” Daily Beast, March 29, 2010.

47 used for commercial purposes without their permission

Was.h.i.+ngton, Deadly Monopolies, chs. 1 and 7.

48 gene therapy drug, known as Glybera

Ben Hirschler, ”Europe Approves High-Price Gene Therapy,” Reuters, November 2, 2012.

49 treatment of a rare genetic disorder

Andrew Pollack, ”European Agency Backs Approval of a Gene Therapy,” New York Times, July 20, 2012.

50 approved a drug known as Crizotinib