Many commercialized proteins used in molecular biology techniques were discovered and obtained from organisms isolated from national parks, e.g., Yellowstone National Park. Do you think these companies should pay a certain percentage of their profi ts to these parks, i.e., the public? Should these companies have limited access to sources of these bacteria? Should the general public have access to soil/water/plant samples and the like from parklands even if their motives are noncommercial? Write a paragraph supporting your position.
What will be an ideal response?
The ethical process outlined in the chapter can be used for this question
or you can have the students search on the Web for agreements between
the National Park Service and biotechnology companies. Because of the
successful commercialization of TAQ polymerase from bacteria isolated from the thermal hot springs, agreements have been made so the National
Park Service can monetarily benefi t from such discoveries.
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