Courts Consider Who Owns the Human Genome

[Swede]

I hate this kind of bs,nobody should own patents on dna.

This year Myriad’s patent was challenged in court by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of 20 plaintiffs, including the American College of Medical Genetics, the Association for Molecular Pathology, and various individuals, including Ceriani. The lawsuit charges that the BRCA patents—and gene patents in general—violate established laws that prohibit the patenting of products and laws of nature. According to the ACLU, “Human genes, even when removed from the body, are still products of nature.”

Critics also argue that the process of locating specific genes does not warrant the awarding of patents. “A number of researchers had been looking for the genes related to breast cancer and knew where the genes were likely to be,” says Arupa Ganguly, a geneticist at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and one of the plaintiffs in the ACLU suit. “Essentially the work was done for Myriad already. Everyone knew where the gene was.” Myriad has refused to comment and in July filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. That motion was denied by a New York federal district court in November.

http://discovermagazine.com/2010/jan-feb/052

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. Nobody should own patents on ANY plant or animal species. (Except maybe God)

That includes MonSatan and their Hell-spawned quest to eventually control every seed on the planet. If they aren't stopped, they'll get around to Roundup-Ready GMO humans one day. :scared:

[girl gone mad]

2. So few people take our patent system seriously anymore..

because of stuff like this.

These days the goal with innovations and inventions is to get them to market as quickly as possible and worry about the patent issues later.

[defendandprotect]

3. No one can OWN any life --

[Swede]

4. Exactly.

How can a company deny this woman cancer treatment in the name of a patent?