Bioinformatics.org
|
|
Research
|
Online databases
Online analysis tools
Online education tools
|
Development
|
|
Forums
|
News & Commentary
Jobs Forum (Career Center)
|
|
News & Commentary - Message forums
|
|
|
|
USA Today: Supreme Court skeptical of patent on breast cancer gene
Submitted by J.W. Bizzaro; posted on Monday, April 15, 2013
|
An article by Richard Wolf:
EXCERPT
"The Supreme Court expressed grave doubts Monday about the legality of a company's exclusive patent on the genes that can identify an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
"Using analogies ranging from baseball bats to chocolate chip cookies, a majority of justices said Myriad Genetics' isolation of the breast cancer genes was largely a force of nature, not invention."
|
|
Expanded view | Monitor forum | Save place
Start a new thread:
You have to be to post a reply.
|
|