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4 Ways the Gene Patent Ruling Affects You

Apr 16, 2013 | 9:53 AM ET | Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Senior Writer

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The Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the landmark question of whether companies have the right to patent genes. One party in the case isMyriad Genetics, a company that by 1998 had patented two genes strongly linked to breast and ovarian cancer risk, called BRCA1 and BRCA2. Since then, thousands of genes have been patented. Opponents argue that genes are