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Gene Patenting — The Supreme Court Finally Speaks
- Source :
- New England Journal of Medicine. 369:869-875
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Massachusetts Medical Society, 2013.
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Abstract
- In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 held by Myriad were not valid because human genes are products of nature and therefore not patentable. The authors discuss the implications of this long-awaited decision.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15334406 and 00284793
- Volume :
- 369
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d9e561a08366dbca4a4d54e3ee0b350c