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29 January 2013Patents

ACLU files Supreme Court brief in Myriad case

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has urged the US Supreme Court to invalidate Myriad Genetics’ patent claims over two human genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer.

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