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


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Reversing a longstanding policy, the federal government said on Friday that human and other genes should not be eligible for patents because they are part of nature. The new position could have a huge impact on medicine and on the biotechnology industry.

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Gene Patents? by Bruce Morgan on Sunday, Oct 31, 2010 at 1:21:20 PM
SCOTUS can be over-turned by Scott Baker on Monday, Nov 1, 2010 at 3:50:20 AM