Excellent unanimous decision invalidating the patenting of natural genes
Supreme Court rules that natural genes aren’t patentable, but synthetic ones are
The Supreme Court of the United States just handed down a landmark ruling today when it comes to the practice of patenting genes from the DNA of living organisms. In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the…
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Well, that's an improvement, but what's a synthetic gene? If you make it via splicing or by selective breeding, is there really any difference?