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Thats absurd. She neither created nor detected the mutation. I agree that dna patents should not exist though. We share so much of it.
She, or her parents, literally created the mutation they're researching. "Accidentally" as part of a natural process for sure. But that doesn't take away the validity of them being the creators of it.
Understood- what if, after developing the drug you find these mutations occur spontaneously elsewhere in the world population- do all those people also get a cut?
Figuring how to do this is non-trivial.