Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130415:18:36:00
Majority of the justices didn't seem to think it is new enough to warrant a patent. it would be pun thing they said, if you found a plant in the amazon that had a chemical that could cure cancer. you might be able to get a patent on the resulting drug but you can't patent the tree. there were lots of these analogies. like if you develop a new kind of chocolate chip cookie, you could get a patent on sugar, flour and salt. so based on what the supreme court justices said today, it appears that myriad will not prevail on the broad claim that you can patent human genes. and this is a case with imp...