Nearly 40%% of tweets clearly expressed that human genes should not be patentable, and there were no tweets that presented perspectives favourable toward the patenting of human genes.
The patenting of protein structures could be as disputed as the patenting of genes.
The patenting of genes raises intellectual property issues.
She offered useful ideas for permanently ending the patenting scam and for collecting royalties.
That is why we need to stop the patenting of life".
But a separate issue over the patenting of seeds was not resolved.
She pointed out that shares in Myriad Genetics went up after the ruling that blocked the patenting of human genes but allowed the patenting of synthetically created genetic material, or cDNA.
"This is just an attempt to monopolise, through the patenting system, essentially all the tools for genomic manipulation," Sulston said.
"I'm very much against the patenting of life forms," he said, "but I'm afraid it is something we cannot avoid".
Still, scientists in both camps told the subcommittee today that they agreed on the standards the Patent and Trademark Office should adopt for the patenting of genes.
The European Parliament agreed today to make sweeping changes to a proposed law on the patenting of software inventions, threatening a fragile compromise reached by the European Commission.
