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  • Should Human Genes Be Patentable?

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    Reposted from Andrew Sullivan’s blog “The Dish.” Florence Williams asks why a company should be allowed to patent the genes  that prompted Jolie’s double mastectomy: Although they reside in our bodies, the BRCA genes are effectively owned by a bio-tech giant, Myriad Genetics, which patented the genes in the mid-1990s. Should a single corporation control access to DNA…