Sentences with phrase «over gene patents»
Legal battles over gene patents and uncooperative patent holders threaten the widespread implementation of personalized medicine.
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An ongoing legal battle over gene patents has led many scientists to ask whether such claims help or hinder research...
Craig Venter, the molecular biologist whose DNA sequences are the focus of an international row over gene patenting, is leaving the US National Institutes of Health.
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It has used broad gene patents to operate a monopoly over testing for the two BRCA genes, which when mutated can cause inherited forms of breast cancer.
Prasher and Chalfie were awarded a patent for the use of GFP as a marker of gene expression; in total, it earned Prasher just a few hundred thousand dollars in royalties over 15 years.
Myriad Genetics owns the patent over certain breast cancer genes, effectively giving them ownership over any test involving the genes.
So why the fuss over patenting a fragment whose use lies only in identifying full - length genes?
Myriad Genetics has used broad gene patents to operate a monopoly over testing for the two BRCA genes, which when mutated can cause inherited forms of breast cancer.