Science & Technology Law

Law Trails Behind as Disputes Over Genetic Patents Intensify

By Brendan L. Smith

Jul 3, 2009, 08:00 am CST

After being diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer, Lisbeth Ceriani had a double mastectomy last year followed by chemotherapy that caused her hair to fall out in clumps.

Just when she thought the worst was over, she learned that some of the genes in her body that led… full story