Liberate the Breast Cancer Genes

[gadionson1]

why?



[viniciusb]

Fucking asshole motherfucking piece shit of a cunt. I hope this Myriad founder fucker dies with his body burned and his had drowned at the same time.

[eyac1]

Without Myriad there would not even be a test.

[dswetnam1]

angry 

[TheLocklike]

No one can declare the ownership of a human gene through the "patent system". The human race will not tolerate slavery or it's fate be determined through the fake ownership of it's genes by an out of touch psychotic idiology whose endavor is to concentrated wealth in the hands of the few while the rest suffer deprevation poverty sickness and death. That is the concept of poverty trickdown economics of modern "capitalism"

[MoronFreeZone]

Keep saturating your systems with ARTIFICIAL CHEMICAL HORMONES, there girlies! You'll get cancer and the DE-POPULATION advocates win. Just absorb toxins for YEARS. Ha Ha Ha! Jokes on YOU!!!

[Robinsonero]

Fuck the ACLU. Bunch of ballsless kniving  hypocrites. And to think I was once a member.

[cannon00]

The ACLU better have one hell of a brilliant patent litigator b/c 35 USC 101 allows the patenting of "anything made under the sun by man." Google Diamond v. Chakrabarty. This INCLUDES genes. In fact biotech gene patents have been the norm for a while now--the reason being that patents create the financial incentive for the creation of new medical treatments. Without it, companies such as Myriad have no incentive to engage in this research.

[cannon00]

Its easy to succumb to plea to an emotional plea for health-autonomy. However, eliminating gene patents would derail the development and effectiveness of future research.

Are we really prepared to condemn the women of tomorrow? Absolutely not. . .

[yzetta]

"It is easy to succumb to [plea to] an emotional plea for health-autonomy."

"Are we really prepared to condemn the women of tomorrow?"

Pot. Kettle. Black.

And not even on behalf of women - sounds to me like you got a financial stake in Myriad or something.

[cannon00]

Myriad can suck it, but as an amateur intellectual property scholar I think a per se ban on gene patents, as proposed by the ACLU, would likely lead to severely diminished research in the field of genetic therapy. The United States is one of the leaders in genetic therapy research. The EU lags a fair amount behind. The EU does not allow for gene patents. If your a corporation, where would you set up shop?

[ambientdiscord]

patenting an engineered gene is one thing. this is patenting a piece of the human body. are you going to patent a human arm because you were the first to call dibs? then it becomes illegal for clothing manufacturers to put sleeves on jackets? basically that is what is happening. no one is even allowed to legally research the cancer gene now until this is lifted. all it does is stifle research and price gouge anyone looking for a test to be done.

[cannon00]

A human gene constitutes a discovery under 17 USC 101 and is non-patentable subject matter. Thus, although a composition patent claim (the gene itself) would be invalid, a method or device (of using the gene) in a particular manner could still be patented.

"no one is allowed to legally research the cancer gene" is incorrect."

All patents are limited in scope. This patent grants ownership of ONE particular way of doing research to a private entity The public may research around the patent.

[dsuemarable98]

"allows the patenting of "anything made under the sun by man."

I don't think genes were made by man...I think how they were made/who made them is of some debate, but I think we all agree they're not man-made.

Also, there are millions of dollars being poured into breast cancer research that have been donated by people who care.  There shouldn't have to be a monetary incentive to save lives.

[cannon00]

All man-made genes (made in a laboratory through a gel) are by definition man-made. Naturally existing genes cannot be patented under 17 USC 101 b/c patent law does not reward discoveries, only inventions.

Furthermore the millions of dollars from people who care from the goodness of their heart pails in comparison to the tens of BILLIONS that R&D corps pour in. If you take away their monetary incentive, do you think good samaritans will really be able to shoulder the same burden?

[BigPurple121]

Tough case