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Which we'll talk about in a moment. this ruling is very important because as the court laid out genes are the basis of our hereditary traits. each gene is encoded as dna which takes the shape of the familiar double helex. in the 1990s a company did something groundbreaking and powerful and kind of terrifying all at once. it found the exact location and sequence of brca1 and brca2 genes. finding the exact location is important because it determines the makeup or composition and made it possible to find mutations such as the ones that increase the risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. myriad...

It's developed but since the 1990s me19 1990s myriad had a patent on those. when companies create tests to compete with myriad's, they were slapped with patent infringement suits. for decades the u.s. patent office has been granting similar patents. today the supreme court set that aside and said no more. joining me now is congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz, democrat of florida. congresswoman schultz knows firstha firsthand. congresswoman, you've been on this case. what's your reaction to the court's decision today? >> you know, when i got the news about the 9-0 decision, i was in an appro...