• sugar_in_your_tea
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    7 days ago

    They patented your DNA.

    You can’t patent DNA… They can sell it though, with a simple TOS update (if they even need to).

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        For those too lazy to click through:

        However, on June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc, that human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling. However, the ruling did not prohibit the patenting of DNA that is manipulated (i.e., no longer a product of nature) or processes for identifying DNA sequences.

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        […] human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling.

        did you paste the link to admit you were wrong?