Genes can't be patented - SCOTUS

[rb336]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/us...nted.html?_r=0

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[Gannon]

I wasn't expecting this!

If life were a James Bond movie, the evil corporation head would lash back by unleashing a manufactured virus.

But this is not a banner day for Monsanto and their ilk.

[rb336]

well, it's human genes, naturally occurring. synthesized genes can be

[Jimaz]

Interesting that it was unanimous.

But manipulating a gene to create something not found in nature, Justice Thomas added, is an invention eligible for patent protection.

<Cringe> That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.