Science Policy USA: US Supreme Court ruling on gene patenting

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The US Supreme Court has ruled that human genes as they occur naturally may not be patented, although synthetic cDNA (artificial exon-only sequences) may be.  NY Times article and the ruling.

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US Supreme Court
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intellectual property rights
patents
genetic resources
genomics
human genome
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