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LXer 08-02-2011 06:00 AM

LXer: Private companies own your DNA – again
 
Published at LXer:

Many scientists cheered last year when a federal judge ruled that human genes couldn’t be patented... But now the courts have reversed themselves again.(includes a link to free Perl code to check the BRCA genes in a non-patent infringing way)

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cascade9 08-03-2011 03:37 AM

Great, I thought that we were over the 'owning genes' BS.....

brianL 08-03-2011 03:43 AM

Maybe they're confusing "patenting genes" with "patenting jeans"?


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