What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses? — Harvard Gazette
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Health law policy expert says the biotech firm’s uncertain future shows the need for protections of personal, genetic information.
    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 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.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      131·
      1 day 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?