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What does that mean? If I have a child with part of that patented code, the "patent owner" could legally extract the DNA?
by hellbanner 11y ago
What does that mean? If I have a child with part of that patented code, the "patent owner" could legally extract the DNA?
- damurdock 11y agoHuman Genome patents are no longer recognized in the US[0], but my understanding is that they were used to protect genetic tests and treatments. For example, Myriad Genomics held patents against the BRCA genes (which can indicate breast cancer risk) which they used to prevent competitors from creating BRCA-based panels. [0]: https://www.genomeweb.com/clinical-genomics/us-supreme-court-strikes-down-gene-patents-allows-patenting-synthetic-dna https://www.genomeweb.com/clinical-genomics/us-supreme-court...