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Can medical companies patent human genes? Supreme Court hears case

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What is patentable? Gold from a stream, a leaf off a tree, a human gene? The Supreme Court will jump into this almost philosophical case that will have very tangible implications. Health care companies, cancer patients and anyone with genes should pay attention to the outcome.