If you think you own your body you might ask: Who has a patent on your genes? The answer: Drug companies. 40,000 patents to be precise! Harvard medical ethicist, Harriet Washington, on Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself – and the Consequences for Your Health and our Medical Future. Listen live Monday at Noon PT / 3 pm ET on KKNW.

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