More Medical Patent Problems
The US Supreme Court recently ruled that that a personalized medicine dosing process is not eligible for patent protection because the process is effectively an unpatentable law of nature. This ruling could have wide reaching implications. - Leggi
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Categorie Biotechnology
Home DNA Testing for all the Family
On 17th November 2009 home DNA testing kits went on over the counter sale for the first time in high street chemists in the UK. These kits allow the DNA testing of a child's paternity and involve the taking of saliva from both the child and the 'alleged father's' mouth (their terminology) and its analysis. - Leggi 
Read also: Genetic Testing and its Implications: an interview with Dr. Arthur Caplan by Jeff Ubois
Categorie Biotechnology
Scienze forensi e DNA
Su Le Scienze di settembre 2009 è stato pubblicato un interessante articolo di Lucia Bianchi e Pietro Liò dal titolo "Scienze forensi e DNA". - Leggi 
