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Suppose a foreign company applies for patent for a medicine made from turmeric. Turmeric is indigenously used in India as a medicine for skin diseases.
a. What is your opinion against such a theft of knowledge?
b. What do you call such an unauthorised use of bioresources?

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a. It is our traditional knowledge and should be prevented from exploita tion by others.
b. It is biopiracy
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