For researchers, it?s reasonable to imagine that we?ll see more effort in biotechnology and genomics labs to find genetic information related to any number of maladies that grow out of genetic mutations. There?s a fair amount of work being done already, but this ruling removes a serious barrier to its growth.
Patients?especially those wanting to reap the benefits of diagnostic exams like those based on Myriad?s patents?should expect to see more providers offering similar, and maybe more effective, diagnostic services enter the marketplace. If market theory holds, we should also see the costs of these exams come down. And from a legal perspective, we?ll certainly be updating our intellectual property and patent law syllabi. We?ve been talking about ?purifications? of naturally created products as patentable subject matter, but in the wake of this ruling that line of cases is probably on shaky ground.
Source: http://www.northeastern.edu/news/2013/06/3qs-human-genes-patents/
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