• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days 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.

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          5 days 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
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        […] 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?