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    Supreme Court Rules that Isolated Genes Can't Be Patented

    A unanimous opinion today by the US Supreme Court says human genes cannot be patented after all, because they are natural phenomena. But that's not all they decided. Tom Taylor is assistant managing editor at US Law Week .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    A unanimous opinion today by the US Supreme Court says human genes cannot be patented after all, because they are natural phenomena. But that's not all they decided. Tom Taylor is assistant managing editor at US Law Week.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Caitlin Shamberg

      KCRW

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      Tom Taylor

      US Law Week

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Iran's Presidential Election: How Much Change Can It Bring?
    1. 0:00Supreme Court Rules that Isolated Genes Can't Be PatentedYou’re reading this
    2. 8:17Iran's Presidential Election: Interesting after All
    3. 43:06FDA Aims to Strengthen Security on Medical Devices
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