Legislating to Exclude Gene Patents: Difficult and Unhelpful, or Useful and Feasible?

The article discusses the attempt of Australian government to use legislative means to exclude isolated sequence to its patent system. He explores scientific, legal, and commercial factors which are being related to the topic which led to the proposition that isolated sequences are eligible to patent. He states that the attempt to legislate to exclude isolated sequences from patenting may fail due to the difficulties in achieving the practice.