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ACLU attorneys Sandra Park and Chris Hansen. Ellen T. Matloff, M.S., plaintiff and certified genetic counselor specializing in cancer genetics. The fight to take back our genes continues at the U.S. Supreme Court. Patents on human genes have very dangerous implications for our health and advances in scientific research. ACLU attorney Chris Hansen presented arguments in the case. ACLU Attorney Chris Hansen takes questions from reporters. Harry Ostrer, plaintiff and professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Genetics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore. Lisbeth Ceriani, breast cancer survivor and original plaintiff who struggled to afford Myriad’s test.

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Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics: Supreme Court Arguments

On April 15, 2013 the ACLU went to the Supreme Court to argue that patents on two human genes are unconstitutional and invalid.

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