The patent system is part of the problem we have with medicine today. These cases about Homocysteine testing and B12 deficiency and a Cancer cure are astounding and may have far reaching implications.
Garry F. Gordon MD,DO,MD(H)
President, Gordon Research Institute
http://www.gordonresearch.com
#1: NYTimes.com
March 20, 2006
Justices Reach Out to Consider Patent Case By ANDREW POLLACK
For the first time in a quarter-century, the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday a case involving the basic question of what type of discoveries and inventions can be patented.
Both sides say the case, which involves a blood test for a vitamin deficiency, could have a wide-ranging impact on the development of diagnostics, perhaps threatening many of the underlying patents for genetic and other medical tests.
But the array of companies filing supporting briefs ” including American Express, Bear Stearns and I.B.M. ” indicates that intellectual property in other fields might also be affected. Read more...
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