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Originally Posted by PursuitOfHappinessParty
If they're already engineering and then patenting microbial life, and that kind of protective patenting is allowed for higher lifeforms, then I can foresee a time in the future where clones will be slaves. For parts if not for labor, and you'll have to pay big because your clone isn't yours, it's ACME's.
Maybe they patent global warming proof plants, which leaves you monopolied to the Jolly Green Giant.
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There would enevitably be an issue of humane treatment of animals as well as, in the further future, an issue of sentient rights.