Genes are components of DNA that reflect how a living thing will go about life such as appearance, personality, environment adaptation and instructions for its body. ... People fear that because genes are able to be patented the owner can charge as much as they'd like and hinder the public from receiving medical tests they require. ... An example of gene patenting that hit very close to home was regarding gene testing that could possibly detect life threatening diseases in women. ... "Jolie had been tested for the "faulty" gene BRCA1 and the test came back positive. Myriad owns a pat...

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