04 September 2010
Keywords: USA, HHS, SACGHS, Patents, Gene patents, Genetics, BIO
Article | 8 February 2010
A US government committee at the Department Health and Human Services - Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS) – last Friday voted to advise HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to limit the ability of holders of gene patents to keep others from using those genes for diagnostic and research purposes.
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