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U.S. Supreme Court: Can't Patent Human Genes

By Bryan Thompson
Published June 14, 2013 at 8:42 AM CDT
Human genome-edited

Illustration of the human genome ( image from Wikimedia Commons)The U.S. Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that segments of naturally-occurring human genes cannot be patented. As Kansas Public Radio’s Bryan Thompson explains, the ruling may change the focus of genomic research, but it won’t stop it.

 
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Bryan Thompson
Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.
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