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Contreras, Jorge L., author.
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Association for Molecular Pathology -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Myriad Genetics, Inc. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Patent suits -- United States.
Human gene mapping -- United States -- Patents.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- United States -- Patents.
Human gene mapping -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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The genome defense :...
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The genome defense : inside the epic legal battle to determine who owns your DNA / Jorge L. Contreras.
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Contreras, Jorge L., author.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021]
Subjects
Association for Molecular Pathology -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Myriad Genetics, Inc. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Patent suits -- United States.
Human gene mapping -- United States -- Patents.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- United States -- Patents.
Human gene mapping -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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9781616209681 (hardcover) :
1616209682 (hardcover) :
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xiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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First edition.
Contents:
Building the case. Who can we sue? -- The world in the Helix -- The gene queen -- Mr. Lincoln's boat -- The ACLU way -- Product of nature -- On the hill -- Speaking of patents -- The power of pink -- We've got you covered -- BART -- Patents and plaintiffs -- Pulling the trigger -- Litigation. The big guns -- SDNY -- Chicken and egg -- We're from the government -- Splitting the baby -- The patent court -- Magic microscope -- Last man standing -- Highest court in the land. Déjà vu all over again -- Air force 1 -- With friends like these -- Oyez, oyez, oyez! -- 9-0 -- Aftermath -- Appendix: The (legal) meaning of Myriad -- Principal characters.
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"The gripping true story of a Supreme Court civil rights battle to prevent biotech companies from owning the very thing that makes us who we are-our DNA"--
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Hawaii State Library
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346.0486 Co
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