US court says human genes cannot be patented

Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 13:00 in Mathematics & Economics

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the emerging and lucrative medical and biotechnology industries....

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