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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses? (news.harvard.edu)
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[-] db2@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago

https://geneticspolicy.nccrcg.org/policy-area/gene-patents/

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

For those too lazy to click through:

However, on June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc, that human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling. However, the ruling did not prohibit the patenting of DNA that is manipulated (i.e., no longer a product of nature) or processes for identifying DNA sequences.

[-] slickgoat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

So if a lab rat adds, deletes or edits a person's DNA it is no longer a 'product of nature'?

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

[...] human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling.

did you paste the link to admit you were wrong?

[-] db2@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago

Did you stop reading before you should have?

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