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Collins On Human Genome Project – “We’ve Only Just Begun”
In a Reuters story posted yesterday, Francis Collins, one of the directors of the Human Genome Project, was asked if the Project had lived up to the hype that accompanied the sequencing of the entire human genome ten years ago. … Continue reading
DNA As Information. “Synthetic Genome” Paper Brings New Life To Old Debate
In the landmark paper by Gibson, Smith, Venter et al, Science Express (May 20, 2010), reporting the successful replacement of one bacterial genome by a completely synthetic, functional chromosome, the authors note: “This work provides a proof of principle for … Continue reading
A “Myriad” Of Questions To Resolve? Back To The Basics Of 101
Thinking about Judge Sweet’s recent decision in Ass’n of Molecular Pathologists v. USPTO et al. (The “Myriad Decision”), I am again struck by the wide path the good judge slashed through the field (or is it the jungle now) of … Continue reading
Patenting Genes – The Conversation Myriad Needs To Start
I watched “60 Minutes” last night, during which Kevin Noonan got about 30 seconds to justify “patenting genes” and the Myriad BRAC1-2 assays. He did as well as could be done, speaking about the good the patent system does in … Continue reading