Eric Lander on the Myriad Decision

This morning on WBUR, Eric Lander discussed the significance of the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics that DNA cannot be patented. Lander, the Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, filed an amicus brief in the case that was co-authored by Petrie-Flom Center Faculty Co-Director and Bill of Health editor I. Glenn Cohen.

You can hear Lander’s full interview here.

For more about the amicus brief, see Glenn Cohen’s April 17 post at Bill of Health.

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