Should Companies Issue Gene Patents for Breast Cancer Patients?

"This week, breast cancer patients filed a lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, the company who we licensed to do tests for possible breast cancer gene mutations. What’s inside of it was an appeal to the judge whether they will allow companies to patent cancer genes where in...

The Partnership Between Gov't, Business and Genetic Research

The field of genetic research has been an expanding and growing field for several decades. Since the completion of the mapping of the human genome, which was announced in 2003 as a result of the partnership...

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