Are human genes patentable?
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:30
in Biology & Nature
On April 15, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case that could answer the question, “Under what conditions, if any, are isolated human genes patentable?”. Experts say the layered uncertainties make this case an unusually difficult case in which to predict the outcome.