Cancer Patients Challenge The Patent Of A Gene


	Cancer Patients Challenge The Patent Of A Gene

debbyski

5-13-2009 8:17 PM

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5-13-2009 9:38 PM

ratcatcher2

The outcome will be very important for ALL.

5-14-2009 1:38 PM

cabanaben

Must be a branch of Monsanto.

5-15-2009 1:02 AM

tanyamm

There is something very wrong when a company can own a patent on a gene. It is what we are all made of. It shouldn't even go to court.

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