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2009-08-20 | permalink
Plaintiffs in breast cancer gene suit hope to overturn U.S. patent policy
Brenner’s group [Breast Cancer Action] is one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit recently filed in federal court challenging patents controlled by Myriad Genetics on BRCA1 and BRCA2, two genes that can carry mutations dramatically increasing the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. The cancer-causing mutations on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes disproportionately afflict Jews, with one in 40 Ashkenazic Jews carrying the mutations.
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2009-08-20 | permalink
Plaintiffs in breast cancer gene suit hope to overturn U.S. patent policy
Brenner’s group [Breast Cancer Action] is one of several plaintiffs in a lawsuit recently filed in federal court challenging patents controlled by Myriad Genetics on BRCA1 and BRCA2, two genes that can carry mutations dramatically increasing the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. The cancer-causing mutations on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes disproportionately afflict Jews, with one in 40 Ashkenazic Jews carrying the mutations.
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