Making gasoline synthetically was way too expensive in comparison$40-$46 per barrel.
Testosterone is a powerful male sex hormone which is manufactured by male sex glands, was discovered in The Netherlands in 1935, and made synthetically in Switzerland the same year .
But last month Gates-funded scientists announced that they had created the technology to manufacture artemisinic acid synthetically.
U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material in a compromise ruling hailed as a partial victory for patients and the biotechnology industry. The ruling by the nine justices, the first of its kind for the top U.S. court, buttressed ...
June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Supreme Court rules against patenting human genes The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled synthetically produced genetic material can be patented but naturally occurring DNA cannot.
June 13, 2013 - Chicago Tribune
Supreme Court bars patents on non-synthetic human genes WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material in a compromise ruling hailed as a partial victory for patients and the biotechnology industry.
June 13, 2013 - Chicago Tribune