Court to Decide if Human Genes Can Be Patented. So it seems a group of middle aged to very aged lawyers will decide the decades long Myriad Genetics saga. My position on this issue is simple: if you are going to award patents, they must be awarded to acts of engineering, not discoveries of science. See Genomics Law Report for more well informed commentary.
Can your genes be patented?
Explore the debate on whether human genes patenting is justified in light of the Myriad Genetics saga and recent Supreme Court rulings.
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