Critically evaluate the extent to which recent debates about the patenting of CRISPR technologies raise legal and ethical issues that have similarities with earlier attempts to patent stem cell invention.

Debates about the patenting of CRISPR technologies

Critically evaluate the extent to which recent debates about the patenting of CRISPR technologies raise legal and ethical issues that have similarities with earlier attempts to patent stem cell invention.

• Illustrate your answer with reference to the relevant case law discussing the actual or potential advantages for society of permitting the patentability of stem cell and CRISPT technologies.