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Is it possible to obtain a patent on genetic material and genetic data?

April 26, 2017Data genetic material obtain patent possible

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Is it possible to obtain a patent on genetic material and genetic data?

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It is not possible to obtain intellectual property rights, such as a patent, over human genetic material in its natural state, within a person’s body. However, if genetic material or data is isolated from the human body and reproduced within a laboratory and are included in an invention that meets certain legal criteria, there is the possibility that this material could be patented. A well known example of such patent is the one given to Myriad Genetics for predictive genetic tests for hereditary breast cancer relating to BRCA 1 and 2 genes.