In a closely watched case, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday that genes can be patented, overturning a lower court decision that had shocked the biotechnology industry.
The court ruled that DNA isolated from the body was eligible for patents because it was “markedly different” in its chemical structure from DNA that exists inside the chromosomes in the body. As a result, the isolated DNA is not simply a product of nature, which would not be eligible for a patent.
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The case involved patents on two human genes that are used to predict breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2. To study these genes, patients and scientists will again have to pay a fee — up to $3,000 — to the company that owns the patent, Myriad Genetics.
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A patent on Genes?? So does this mean i can be sued for being tall dark and handsome with a well defined jawline?? (i kid, i kid) These guys are charging $3,000 to study "their" breast cancer genes....... How is this even possible? Where will it end? I'm about to patent the big breast gene, i'll make off better than hugh hef!!
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