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Supreme Court Victory in Gene Patent Case
Today the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated patents on two genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer – BRCA1 and BRCA2 - in response to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation. This is a MAJOR victor for patients and the medical and scientific communities.
Sobol et. al. v. Commissioner of Department of Administrative Services et. al.
In May 2013, the ACLU-NH filed a lawsuit on behalf of the homeless population in Concord, New Hampshire. The lawsuit is in response to state officials’ recent efforts to clear homeless camps from public land, although the people in these camps have nowhere to go.
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