Summarize the arguments for and against patenting geneticall

Summarize the arguments for and against patenting genetically modified organisms Sort each item into the appropriate bin.

Solution

For patenting :

Patenting allows one company to develop the technology

Patenting allows the costs of discovery be recovered

Patenting makes modification mechanism public

Patenting may limit access to products

Wrong statements :

patenting sets fixed prizes

patenting limits farmers to grow limited suite of crops

Patenting encourages innovation

against patent :

Patent stifles free enterprise