Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Patenting Human Genes At Issue In Supreme Court Hearing

Argument Recap:  Analogies To The Rescue by Lyle Denniston.  Scotusblog.com.  April 15, 2013.

The Supreme Court appeared skeptical that Myriad Genetics was legally entitled to patent a fragment of naturally-occuring DNA that could be used to suggest a risk in women for breast or ovarian cancer.   Most of the justices, "imperfectly versed in biochemistry," sought out analogical language to express the concepts of the case.

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