#biodiscovery — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biodiscovery, aggregated by home.social.
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Tomorrow’s doctors are learning from the oldest surviving culture https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2026-07-06/bush-medicine-cultural-safety-aboriginal-health/106680652
Aboriginal Australians have used native plants as bush medicine for tens of thousands of years. On Larrakia land, medical students are learning how nature can heal. #IndigenousIP #health #biodiscovery -
‘Chock full of incredible animals’: marine expedition uncovers 31 new species in two weeks https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/26/marine-expedition-uncovers-31-new-species-two-weeks-brazil
Experts worked in ocean midwater off Brazil at near-record speeds thanks to cutting-edge tech #biodiscovery #biodiversity -
The original author of Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, was a vocal critic of gene patents around the time of the Myriad disputes. In a call back to the original author, the characters in the new film Jurassic World Rebirth debate whether a life-saving drug should be the subject of patents or open sourced.
There is also a strong focus on biodiscovery, bioprospecting, and biopiracy - (although disappointingly there is no discussion of the Convention on Biological Diversity or the Nagoya Protocol or benefit-sharing agreements in between the appearance of various mega-dinosaurs).
#biotech #biodiscovery #bioprospecting #biopiracy #patent #drugs #film
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The morality (and patentability) of inventions derived by immoral means (T 2510/18)
Rose Hughes
https://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-morality-and-patentability-of.html
#biodiscovery #patent #EUlaw #IndigenousIP
'The invention arose from research by The Institute for Development Research (IRD) into traditional antimalarial remedies used by indigenous communities in French Guiana. A survey of these communities, involving interviews with 117 Indigenous people, identified 45 remedies using 27 different plant species, including bitter ash. The researchers focused on bitter ash to subsequently identify and extract the anti-malaria compound, Simalikalactone E.'