Govt ‘to patent sargassum microbe discoveries, potential commercial gains in Bajan hands’
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Barbados plans to patent three microorganisms discovered in sargassum seaweed. A University of the West Indies scientist said pharmaceutical companies have already shown interest in acquiring the microbes. Securing the patents would keep any commercial gains from the discoveries in Bajan hands rather than in those of outside buyers.
Barbados is to secure patent protection for three microorganisms discovered in sargassum seaweed after pharmaceutical companies expressed interest in acquiring them, the University of the West Indies scientist behind the… The post Govt ‘to patent sargassum microbe discoveries, potential commercial gains in Bajan hands’ appeared first on Barbados Today .