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I don't know what I want to do after university order a business plan Myriad Genetics, the company that controls the patents on the BRCA genes, asserts that the genes become its "invention" once they are "isolated," or removed from the cell and body. The implications of the argument are astonishing โ what would prevent patents on a kidney separated from the body, or a leaf snapped from a tree? In response to tough questioning by several justices, Myriad's attorney conceded that under the view presented by that side, scientists in an earlier era could have patented an entire chromosome and possibly even parts of organs. He previously told a lower court that elements of the periodic table, such as lithium, could also be patented once isolated.
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