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Perspective

May 9, 2013

Forecasting the US high court's gene patentability ruling

A decision is expected in June, and will be of great interest to the biotech and personalized medicine industry. By Jason G. Harp and George Yu


By Jason G. Harp and George Yu


We all understand, at least intuitively, that a human body is a hugely complex bundle of cells and systems all working - more or less - in harmony, and that almost everything our cells do is governed by our DNA, commonly thought of as our "genes." Of course, it isn't really that simple. There are various forms of DNA that our cells copy, cut, splice, transport, and use to keep, for example, a Supreme Co...

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