Human Genes

Gene Patent Trial Begins: Biotech Researchers Sued Over Ownership Of Gene Discoveries

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — A judge on Tuesday weighed whether a lawsuit should proceed that seeks to invalidate a company's patents on two genes linked to an in...

Humans Are All Mutants

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Each of us has at least 100 new mutations in our DNA, according to research published in the journal Current Biology....