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ITHACA TODAY: Wednesday, Sept. 4

September 4, 2013
Your daily guide to all the stories and events you should check out today.

Supreme Court to decide on gene patenting

By Amanda Hutchinson, Contributing Writer April 14, 2013
After reviewing the DOMA and Proposition 8 cases this spring, the Supreme Court will begin looking into a case regarding whether human DNA can be patented by the research laboratories or universities that have discovered and sequenced them. Myriad Genetics, based out of Salt Lake City, patented the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which have been…
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