This approach, which has been repeatedly condemned by the scientific community, has discouraged the development of new pest-resistant crops, encouraged greater use of synthetic chemical pesticides, and limited the use of the newest genetic engineeringtechnology mainly to larger developers who can pay the inflated regulatory costs.
Excited by the possibilities of her recent research results, Karen, a chemicalengineering professor, decided it was time to file for patents on her new surface chemistry technologyand create a business with a faculty colleague and two graduate students.