The lawsuit against Myriad Genetics and the University of Utah Research Foundation, which hold the patents on the genes, charged that the challenged patents are illegal and
restrict both scientific research and patients»
access to medical care, and that patents on human genes violate the First Amendment and patent law because genes are «products of nature.»
Even though
access to assets within the trust is
restricted, the trust can still pay, at the trustee's discretion, for important expenses such as transportation, home health
care, education, rehabilitation, computer equipment, and
medical and dental
care that are not covered by private policies, Medicare or Medicaid.