Breast cancer gene judgment opens up complex questions

By Amy Corderoy
Updated October 21 2015 - 10:08am, first published October 10 2015 - 12:15am
Two-time cancer survivor Yvonne D'Arcy joined the case.  Photo: Melissa Adams
Two-time cancer survivor Yvonne D'Arcy joined the case. Photo: Melissa Adams
Yvonne D'Arcy and Rebecca Gilsenan (left) leave the court after they lost the Federal Court case in 2013.   Photo: Peter Rae
Yvonne D'Arcy and Rebecca Gilsenan (left) leave the court after they lost the Federal Court case in 2013. Photo: Peter Rae

"How can someone own something that is part of me?" For many people the idea that a company could hold a patent over something occurring naturally in people's DNA just didn't seem right.

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