The United States Supreme Court will be taking another look at a previous ruling that granted Myriad Genetics, Inc. patents on two gene mutations that are tied to hereditary breast and ovarian cancers. The original decision that declared that genes can be patentable was upheld by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in August. The highly controversial ruling grants Myriad Genetics, Inc. the right to be the exclusive owner of screening methods pertaining to the diseases, preventing the use of any alternative screening procedures.
"Are human genes patentable?"
The ACLU, who are helping to represent the Association for Molecular Pathology and College of American Pathologists in the case, requested that the Supreme Court take up...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/30/3712896/united-states-supreme-court-myriad-genetics-patent
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