Re: [DIYbio] Whole Exome Sequencing for Biohackers

Hey Cathal,

FYI, the US supreme court in a 9/0 decision invalidated all patents on human genes in 2010. Here is an awesome TED talk by Tania Simoncelli, one of the lawyers involved.
https://www.ted.com/talks/tania_simoncelli_should_you_be_able_to_patent_a_human_gene

Cheers,
Scott
http://www.opensciencenet.org

On Monday, October 17, 2016 at 12:21:35 AM UTC-7, Cathal Garvey wrote:
Hey Alex,

Really glad to finally see a DNA-seq company emerge that puts personal genetic ownership front-and-centre! I never went for 23andme because they started asserting ownership over genotypes, and even patented a few genes discovered from their customers.

Does Genos have a customer-facing agreement revoking all moral or legal right to patent or otherwise assert intellectual "property" over their customers' DNA? I appreciate the plain-word pledge on the first page, but I'm thinking of something more clearly defined that can be a best-practice to lead the field.

Thanks,

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