Human gene patenting is a thing most of us aren't ready for

Few were disappointed in the Supreme Court's ruling that the natural human gene cannot be commercially owned. Just ask Angelina Jolie.In the course of our country's history, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has bestowed coveted protection on many strange and wondrous inventions: the three-legged pantyhose (in case one leg runs), the sealed, circular peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich, the motorized ice cream cone.

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