ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes

American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Challenges Patents On Breast Cancer Genes:
“The American Civil Liberties Union and the Public Patent Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (PUBPAT), filed a lawsuit today [May 12, 2009] charging that patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer stifle research [...]