Supreme Court Voids Human Gene Patents Reversing decades of federal patent awards, the justices ruled that human genes and the information they encode are not patent-eligible.
June 14, 2013 - Law.com
Kari Stefansson in Times of India Stefansson said: "What is clear is that these variants -- which are all near genes that encode nicotine metabolising enzymes and receptors -- are giving us a solid starting point for finding answers to advance personal and public health."
Francis Collins in EurekAlert (press release) Based on ENCODE's early success, we are moving forward with a full-scale initiative to build a parts list of biologically functional elements in the human genome,said NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, MD, Ph.D. "The ENCODE pilot, which...
Peter Robinson in ABC Online Our research could enable websites to tailor advertising or products to your mood,Professor Robinson said. "For example, a webcam linked with our software could process your image, encode the correct emotional state and transmit...