INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Genes Are Still Patentable, Federal Appeals Court Rules
An appellate court reinstated Myriad Genetics exclusive rights to research two cancer-linked genes, leaving others researching these genes out in the cold.
Crime Lab DNA Databases Under the Microscope
Researchers in the field of DNA forensics are calling for the FBI to improve the quality of its sizable genetic database by letting them look under the hood. As Osagie Obasogie explains, reviews of a handful of state crime lab [...]
GENOMICS
When Scientists Pick a Fight with the Law
The chance of coincidental matches in crime databases should be spectacularly rare. But reports from state databases indicate that might not be the case. The feds need to open up their data to figure out what’s going on and make law enforcement more transparent.
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