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minus-squarewabasso@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoCurious if you’re thinking of any cases where we’d need a safeguard for any parts of the body other than the brain? Like would a whole human minus the brain be OK? I guess there’s the whole identity theft and impersonation side of things.
minus-squareNarauko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 hours agoThe main concerns I see are if it is actually only individual organs, and things like your rights to your own genetic code/cell lines.
minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoI could easily see some corporation buying someone’s intellectual property rights to their genetic code. I do recall a Supreme Court case where a company patented DNA.
Curious if you’re thinking of any cases where we’d need a safeguard for any parts of the body other than the brain? Like would a whole human minus the brain be OK?
I guess there’s the whole identity theft and impersonation side of things.
The main concerns I see are if it is actually only individual organs, and things like your rights to your own genetic code/cell lines.
I could easily see some corporation buying someone’s intellectual property rights to their genetic code. I do recall a Supreme Court case where a company patented DNA.