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The genome defense inside the epic legal battle to determine who owns your DNA

"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"--

Main Author: Contreras, Jorge L. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2021]
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
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.
Summary: "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"--
Physical Description: xiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781616209681
1616209682
Author Notes: Jorge L. Contreras received his law degree from Harvard and teaches intellectual property, science policy and the law and ethics of genetics at the University of Utah, and has served on high‑level governmental advisory committees. His articles have appeared in Science , Nature , Harvard Journal of Law and Technology , among others. He has been featured on NPR, PRI and BBC radio, and his opinions are cited in the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal , the Economist , andthe Washington Post.


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