May 3, 2010 archive

Your DNA may be patented (US context)

Watch CBS News Videos Online http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/01/60minutes/main6354069.shtml?tag=currentVideoInfo;segmentTitle Below are some interesting extract from the article.. “Myriad Genetics controls all testing on the two breast cancer genes because they own the genes, lock stock and barrel. They patented them and no one else can legally test for them, or look at them, or even develop potential therapies …

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