e coming out of
Australia. Aussies have been getting too much bad rap due to the Abbot
government.

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eru
We just tossed Abbott. Let's see if that helps.

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shoo
He wasn't tossed, his party threw him out. We still have to wear the shame of
collectively permitting those bastards to be voted in to federal government.
They're still there.

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caf
His party gave him the arse because polling showed he was seriously on the
nose with the electorate and had been so since shortly after his election.

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amelius
Does this mean that Monsanto's patents are also invalid?

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tectec
I would think that Monsanto's patents are quite different. They use plant
breeding to _create_ new varieties. These patents of Myriad Genetics are just
using DNA sequencing to find existing genes.

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vesinisa
I agree with your view that Monsanto is unlikely affected, but the article is
quite misleadingly named. With "gene patent" I immediately think of Monsanto.
But this ruling seems to only affect those who claim exclusive right to
_discovering_ properties of existing genes - not those who _create_ organisms
with unique genetic properties, like Monsanto.

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DomreiRoam
I think this press [1] release of the institut curie gives a lot of
information. other press release can be find here [2].

[1] [http://www.institut-curie.org/sites/default/files/myriad-
gen...](http://www.institut-curie.org/sites/default/files/myriad-genetics-
predisposition-breastt-cance.pdf) [2] [http://www.institut-curie.org/press-
release/by-type/377](http://www.institut-curie.org/press-release/by-type/377)

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pjc50
That's dated 2008?

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DomreiRoam
Yes but at this time the institut who is specialized in cancer had done lots
of research and was very against the privatization of the public research and
that the researcher couldn't research further because of this patent.

The Curie institut reacted to the patent as a research institution, here we
have the impact on a practical health issue.

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stillsut
Patents are a trade: you get an 18 year monopoly for 