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Tag Archives: legal anthropology
Breaking: SCOTUS releases Myriad decision (gene patent case)
Full text of decision here (pdf), more thoughts from me later… Background on Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. (SCOTUSblog) From the opinion (Justice Thomas writing for the unanimous decision, with Justice Scalia concurring, in part, and writing … Continue reading
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Tagged gene patents, legal anthropology, myriad, SCOTUS
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Room for Debate: Gene patents
This week’s NY Times “Room for Debate” segment is focused on gene patents. With a SCOTUS ruling expected any day on the issue in the Myriad case, this is something that will likely be in the news. Check it out.
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Tagged brca1, brca2, gene patents, legal anthropology, myriad
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Maryland v. King: Another step towards a DNA age
I am not a legal expert. What follows is in no way intended to be a legal exegesis of the arguments at stake in the recently decided Maryland v King supreme court case. However, I do know something about genomics … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA identification, legal anthropology, Maryland v King, personal genomics, SCOTUS
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DNA is not “the 21st century fingerprint”
SCOTUSblog has a great recap of oral arguments this week at the Supreme Court in the case of Maryland v King (docket 12-207). At issue is whether or not the state, in this case the Maryland police, have the right … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA identification, forensic anthropology, genomic law, legal anthropology, Maryland v King
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ENCODE, CODIS and genomic law
Jennifer Wagner (@DNAlawyer) has a great post up on the potential legal implications of the recent ENCODE project publications. As a little background, the ENCODE project generated tremendous headlines by suggesting that a much larger portion of the genome is … Continue reading
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Tagged genomic law, legal anthropology
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