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Open Access: WSJ: Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable

Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience: Myriad Genetics CEO Claims He Owns Your DNA

New Scientist: Victory for gene patent firm in Australian court

Journals: Lisa Federer (Science Blog): A Threat to Open Access: the Research Works Act

ACLU.org: Groups urge court to uphold ruling that patents on genes are illegal

New York Times: U.S. Says Genes Should Not Be Eligible for Patents

WSJ: Glaxo Tries a Linux Approach

Business Week: NY judge rules gene patents invalid

Sydney Morning Herald: Sick babies denied treatment in DNA row

Genomics and Proteomics: Users, creators wonder how open are open-source tools (1 comment)

Education: BiTmaP: Midwest Bioinformatics Training Program

Science Mag: Keeping genetic codes free

The Economist: An open-source shot in the arm?

Monsanto wins case over patented canola

Nucleic Acids Research journal initiates 'Open Access Experiment'

ABC Science: Push to free up biotech tools for all

Announcement: Public Library of Science launches PLoS Biology

Nature: Openness makes software better sooner

Salon.com: The free research movement

Nature: Gene patents and the public good

Patenting the Harvard Scientist

BioPerl 1.0 Release (2 comments)

Tim O' Reilly Discusses Bioinformatics and Open Source

GenomeWeb: 20 Hackers + 1 Whiteboard + 1 Windowless Room = Open Bio Database Access (2 comments)

Salt Lake Tribune: Patenting Life Is Wrong, Some Say

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