Understanding Gene Patenting

We are sure that all of you must have learnt about the latest US Supreme Court decision in Association for Molecular Pathology V. Myriad Genetics on June 13, 2013, which has ended the long brawl of 5 years. Yes! the sole provider of BRCA1 and BRCA 2 tests, Myriad Genetics Inc., has lost the battle. Myriad had enjoyed sole monopoly over testing services for BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the United States, since the grant of 2 genes in 1990s. On May 12, 2009, The American Civil Liberties Union and the...