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by hello_1234 2570 days ago
It will only be available to everyone after it's patented and sold to a big pharma. All made possible by the great Bayh–Dole Act - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayh%E2%80%93Dole_Act
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How does it work in the EU? Do they just give away without any patents?
Publicly-funded medical research at EU universities works exactly the same way - they patent it and sell the patents to big pharma.