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Sequenom v. Ariosa - The Death of a Genetic Testing Patent.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
New England Journal of Medicine. 12/22/2016, Vol. 375 Issue 25, p2418-2419. 2p.
Subject
*GENETIC testing
*PREGNANT women
*POLYMERASE chain reaction
*MAYO Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories
*PATENTS
*ACTIONS & defenses (Law)
*PATENT law
*GENETIC testing laws
*DNA
*JURISPRUDENCE
*PRENATAL diagnosis
*SEQUENCE analysis
Language
ISSN
0028-4793
Abstract
The article reflects on genetic testing patent and detect tumor derived DNA in people with cancer. It mentions that cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in the blood of pregnant women and polymerase-chain reaction amplification of Y-chromosome DNA sequences from pregnant women's serum and plasma. It mentions that the decision of U.S. Supreme Court in the cases on patent Sequenom v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories and Parke-Davis v. H .K. Mulford.