Myriad Gets Mixed Decision in Supreme Court; Biotech Industry Fears Fallout
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Supreme Court unanimously holds that DNA isolated from the human body cannot be patented but cDNA, which is created in a laboratory, can be.
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