| Health News : cancer - News from Yahoo ! | | | | | | | | Supreme Court strikes down breast cancer gene patent Thu, 13 Jun, 2013 10:56 AM PDT Critics of human gene patents claimed victory today as the Supreme Court ruled that human genes found in nature are not patentable. The case of Association for Molecular Pathology vs. Myriad Genetics was brought by the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2009, challenged pat... Continue reading | | | | | | | |
| Health News : cancer - News from other sources. | | | | | | | | | Supreme Court rules that naturally occurring DNA cannot be patented Thu, 13 Jun, 2013 10:42 AM PDT In a plot twist straight out of Orphan Black , the Supreme Court has ruled that naturally occurring DNA cannot be patented, but synthetic biological material is fair game. The case involved Myriad Genetics, a company specializing in molecular testing, after it tried to patent two genes -- BRCA1 and BRCA2 -- t... Continue reading | | Connecticut Plaintiff Hails Ruling On Human Genes Patent Thu, 13 Jun, 2013 10:41 AM PDT MORE HEALTH-RELATED NEWS The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday to invalidate a Utah company's long-held patents on genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer is expected to result in the test being more accessible to women, at a lower cost, experts say. Continue reading | | | | | | Tigers' Belliard advocates for prostate awareness Thu, 13 Jun, 2013 10:34 AM PDT As Major League Baseball spreads the message of prostate cancer awareness over Father's Day weekend, Rafael Belliard is an example of the importance of early diagnosis. If not for his job as first-base coach with the Tigers, he might never have had the exam last fall that showed something a little susp... Continue reading | | 'Letters from Dad' helps men leave legacies to families Thu, 13 Jun, 2013 10:33 AM PDT Bruce Heydt was 13 when his father died of cancer."It was earth shattering," says Heydt, 54, teaching pastor at Millersville's Grace United Methodist Church.In the two years between his father's diagnosis and death, Heydt withdrew into himself. He looks back on that with regret."Not knowing how to d... Continue reading | | |
