• db2@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    It isn’t yours, if you use them you signed it all over to them. They patented your DNA.

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          28 days ago

          For those too lazy to click through:

          However, on June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc, that human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling. However, the ruling did not prohibit the patenting of DNA that is manipulated (i.e., no longer a product of nature) or processes for identifying DNA sequences.

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            27 days ago

            So if a lab rat adds, deletes or edits a person’s DNA it is no longer a ‘product of nature’?

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          28 days ago

          […] human genes cannot be patented because DNA is a “product of nature.” All gene patents were invalidated with this ruling.

          did you paste the link to admit you were wrong?

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      28 days ago

      That’s not true in the slightest. I agree with the fuck 23&me sentiment but you don’t have to make things up to criticize them.

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      28 days ago

      I’m hoping in 500 years, my DNA sequence is found on a perfectly preserved micro SD card and my clone gets to meet President Camacho and take on Beef Supreme and the Dildozer on Monday Night Rehabilitation.

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        28 days ago

        That’s the optimistic timeline, we still have to actually get there first.

        I am sure you can come with what a pessimistic timeline would look like.

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      28 days ago

      The monsters.

      Well, that originally autocorrected to “mobsters,” but I suppose that’d work in a certain context, too.