Usually the news I hear on the radio causes me to grumble and even to swear, but the other morning I heard a news item that caused me to cheer out loud and startle my cat.
On March 29, federal Judge Robert Sweet of the Southern District of New York invalidated a patent held by Myriad Genetics on two genes related to breast and ovarian cancer. If this ruling survives the inevitable court challenges, it could undermine the whole idea of patenting human genes. Incurable optimist that I am, I can even hope that it could undermine the patenting of living organisms as well.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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