The New York Times
When Genae Girard received a diagnosis of breast cancer in 2006, she knew she would be facing medical challenges and high expenses. But she did not expect to run into patent problems.
Ms. Girard took a genetic test to see if her genes also put her at increased risk for ovarian cancer,
which might require the removal of her ovaries. The test came back
positive, so she wanted a second opinion from another test. But there
can be no second opinion. A decision by the government more than 10 years ago allowed a single company, Myriad Genetics,
to own the patent on two genes that are closely associated with
increased risk for breast cancer and ovarian cancer, and on the testing
that measures that risk... Read More
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