Your genes may not be yours!
The US Court of Appeals has ruled that isolated genes from human DNA structures are patentable in the case of The Association for Molecular Pathology v. USPTO [1]. USpatent law provides that...
View ArticleProstate cancer and patenting genes
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer among males, but at present there is no standard test for the disease. It is no wonder, then, that researchers at Johns Hopkins University and...
View ArticleUnraveling autism
A slew of autism research has been making headlines recently. Since Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological developmental disorder that has a lifelong impact on the children who suffer from it and...
View ArticleCollaborative research utilizes 'social networking' science to identify IQ gene
Everyone has been talking about a new study that links specific genes to both brain volume and IQ. But perhaps more interesting than the results of the study are the methods by which the data was...
View ArticlePatenting and regulation of methods for creating three-parent babies
A new infertility technique, mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT), has been used to create so called “three-parent” babies. MRT is used in cases when mothers carry genes for mitochondrial diseases....
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