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Cancer Patients Challenge the Patenting of a Gene
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| When Genae Girard received a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2006, she knew she
| would be facing medical challenges and high expenses. But she did not expect
| to run into patent problems.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/health/13patent.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
ACLU, Cancer Patients Sue Over Patenting Of Genes
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| The ACLU has organized a group of cancer patients who have had treatments and
| medical analysis limited due to gene patents held by the company Myriad
| Genetics, and brought the issue to court. This is a big deal... and while the
| case and the resulting appeals will certainly take many years, this is going
| to be a case well worth watching.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090513/0051434857.shtml
ACLU sues over patents on breast cancer genes
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| Myriad Genetics, a Utah-based company, vowed Wednesday to "vigorously defend"
| itself against a legal challenge to its patents on two human genes linked to
| breast and ovarian cancers, its attorney told CNN.
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http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/12/us.genes.lawsuit/
Related:
Patents Over Patients
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| Potential anticancer drugs should be judged on their scientific merit,
| not on their patentability.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/opinion/01moss.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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