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PM Martin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:44 PM
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Myriad Genetics seeks to patent genes that cause Breast Cancer!
Edited on Fri May-15-09 03:46 PM by PM Martin
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/health/13patent.html?_r=2&ref=us

"Ms. Girard took a genetic test to see if her genes also put her at increased risk for ovarian cancer, which might require the removal of her ovaries. The test came back positive, so she wanted a second opinion from another test. But there can be no second opinion. A decision by the government more than 10 years ago allowed a single company, Myriad Genetics, to own the patent on two genes that are closely associated with increased risk for breast cancer and ovarian cancer, and on the testing that measures that risk."

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Fresh_Start Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:45 PM
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1. Ok, I'll agree as long as they round them all up and store
them on their own premises
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 03:49 PM
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2. Reading something like this, it reminds me of what PNAC said
...about making biological warfare a "politically useful tool" :scared:
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Jeep789 Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 04:31 PM
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3. A gene monopoly. nt
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 04:33 PM
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4. Does everyone born the it have to pay royalties?
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 04:34 PM
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5. Your title doesn't match the article.
Myriad got the patent some ten years ago.
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Ocracoker16 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 04:53 PM
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6. I was just about to point that out
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demigoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 08:32 PM
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7. Misogynists, perhaps???
Perhaps this is their answer to women's voting rights.
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