• qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Nestlé has been patenting human milk proteins for decades. To my understanding, this prevents other companies to add such molecules to baby formula, even if somehow methods to synthesize said molecules were developed.

    That is a scary notion, a malevolous intent and a gross outcome.

    • ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      These shouldn’t hold up. Wouldn’t the prior work of thousands of generations of mothers invalidate such a patent.