ACMG Releases New Position Statement on the Public Disclosure of Clinically Relevant Genome Variants
Thursday, November 8, 2012 - 11:01
in Biology & Nature
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) released a new official Position Statement on the Public Disclosure of Clinically Relevant Genome Variants. This important new statement addresses the problems resulting from gene patent monopolies that have allowed some to develop proprietary databases of the clinical meaning of the variants in particular genes.