The genome defense : inside the epic legal battle to determine who owns your DNA
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Contreras, Jorge L.,
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LC Subjects
Association for Molecular Pathology -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Court decisions and opinions.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- United States -- Patents.
Human gene mapping -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Human gene mapping -- United States -- Patents.
Myriad Genetics, Inc. -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Patent suits -- United States.
Patents.
Bisac Subjects
Law / Science & Technology.
Science / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics.
Technology & Engineering / Biomedical.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Law and legislation.
Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis.
Human gene mapping -- Law and legislation.
Human gene mapping.
Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Patent suits.
Patents.
Trials, litigation, etc.
United States.
Other Subjects
Actions en contrefaçon -- États-Unis.
Brevets d'invention.
Cartes chromosomiques humaines -- États-Unis -- Brevets d'invention.
Chromosomes humains -- Anomalies -- Diagnostic -- États-Unis -- Brevets d'invention.
patents.
Recueils de jurisprudence et d'opinions.

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xiv, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The gripping true story of a Supreme Court civil rights battle to prevent biotech companies from owning the very thing that makes us who we are--our DNA"--,Provided by publisher.
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When attorney Chris Hansen learned that the U.S. government was issuing patents for human genes to biotech companies, he discovered that women were being charged exorbitant fees to test for hereditary breast and ovarian cancers, tests they desperately needed--because Myriad Genetics had patented the famous BRCA genes. So he sued them. Contreras gives us the view from inside as Hansen and his team of ACLU lawyers, along with a committed group of activists, scientists, and physicians, take their one-in-a-million case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The result is a compelling story about how society must balance scientific discovery with corporate profits and the rights of all people. -- adapted from jacket
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Contreras, J. L. (2021). The genome defense: inside the epic legal battle to determine who owns your DNA (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Contreras, Jorge L.. 2021. The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Contreras, Jorge L.. The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Contreras, J. L. (2021). The genome defense: inside the epic legal battle to determine who owns your DNA. First edn. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Contreras, Jorge L.. The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2021.

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