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Microsoft, Google to Block Prenatal Gender Selection Ads in India
2016-09-21 03:02:14| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Google will also warn users that gender selection is illegal in India.
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UPDATE 2-U.S. court rejects Sequenom bid to restore prenatal DNA test patent
2015-12-03 00:57:53| Biotech - Topix.net
Dec 2 A U.S. appeals court refused on Wednesday to reconsider its decision invalidating a Sequenom Inc prenatal DNA test patent, a decision that could put in doubt the validity of a wide range of medical and biotechnology patents. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington said in June the patent was not eligible for legal protection because it fell under the U.S. Supreme Court's rule against patenting natural phenomena.
U.S. Appeals Court Finds Prenatal DNA Test Unpatentable
2015-06-16 07:18:22| Biotech - Topix.net
The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit in the District of Columbia came down with another blow for the patentability of biotech testing products on Friday, June 12, 2015. The Court affirmed the 2013 decision of Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California holding that Sequenom Inc.'s patent issued for a hugely popular, non-invasive prenatal test, which uses cell-free fetal DNA circulating in the blood of pregnant woman was unpatentable subject matter because it is a natural phenomenon.
Prenatal blood tests detect cancer signal in some women
2015-03-06 16:10:15| Biotech - Topix.net
A new genetic test that sequences the blood of pregnant women for signs of diseases such as Down Syndrome in their fetuses are turning up unexpected results: a diagnosis of cancer in the mother. In as many as 40 cases, women who took Sequenom Inc's MaterniT21 test, which scans their genetic code and that of their fetus, had abnormal changes that could signify cancer.
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Oversold prenatal tests leading to abortions
2014-12-14 12:12:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Stacie Chapman's heart skipped when she answered the phone at home and her doctor - rather than a nurse - was on the line. More worrisome was the doctor's gentle tone as she asked, "Where are you?" On that spring day in 2013, Dr. Jayme Sloan had bad news for Chapman, who was nearly three months pregnant.
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