Question
Differentiate between bioethics and biopatent.
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Answer
| S.No | Bioethics | Biopatent |
| 1. | The modification or usage of living organisms for public services has also created problems with patents granted for the same. Therefore, there is a need for some ethical standards to evaluate our actions. | It is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to the inventors or their assignee to prevent others from commercial use of their invention. |
| 2 | These sets ofstandards that are used to regulate our activities in relation to biological world are called bioethics. | when patent is granted for biological entities and for products derived from them, they are called biopatents. |
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