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BABIES with a severe form of epilepsy risk having their diagnosis delayed and their treatment compromised because of a company's patent on a key gene.

It is the first evidence that private intellectual property rights over human DNA are adversely affecting medical care.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...1227491827171.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1


seriously...how can you patent a gene???
i'm more worried because this is just the beginning...i don't like to think how ****ed up the future might be.

Genetic Technologies caused an uproar last month when it threatened to sue hospitals that test for breast cancer genes.It is reviewing that position.

:eek: jesus!
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