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Do you think that a company can own an organism?

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The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Myriad Genetics, Inc. that human genes cannot be patented in the United States.

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since DNA is a "natural product" Because there is no new intellectual property created when a gene is discovered, the Court determined that patents cannot be granted.

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