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sailingaway
06-13-2013, 10:16 PM
It's about time the Supreme Court got one right. Maybe if NSA was blackmailing them, they grew a spine with the furor over the spying on citizens scandal. (only half kidding.)


The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that companies cannot patent human genes, a decision that patient advocates said would increase competition and lower the cost of screenings for cancer risk and other genetic tests.

DNA is “a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated,” the court said. In something of a compromise, it ruled that genetic material created in laboratories is eligible for patent protection.

The case centered on a Salt Lake City company called Myriad Genetics that was granted patents for isolating two human genes, known as BRCA1 and BRCA2, that indicate a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The company now markets tests for those genes.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/13/18935727-supreme-court-says-genes-cant-be-patented-patient-advocates-and-researchers-cheer?lite

However, that should apply to ANY organically reproducing life. Wheat included. When their created crap merges with us, they own us?