The future of gene patenting

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The following is an excerpt.

No matter which way the Supreme Court rules on the Myriad Genetics BRCA breast cancer gene test patenting case, the importance of such patents is diminishing over time. Biotechnology is moving beyond patents derived from naturally occurring gene sequences. The most important biotech patents nowadays are becoming synthetic gene and RNA sequences, proteins and other indisputable contrivances of human ingenuity.

Read the full article here: Gene patent controversy winding down

 

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