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"60 Minutes" and "Newshour" Take Different Approaches to Covering Gene Patenting Story

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Donald Zuhn -- On Sunday, the CBS news program "60 Minutes" examined the issue of gene patenting in a segment entitled "Patented Genes." During the segment, CBS News correspondent Morley Safer interviewed Lisbeth Ceriani and Genae Girard, who were recently diagnosed with breast cancer and who are plaintiffs in the Association of Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office case that was decided a week ago (see "Round One Goes to the ACLU"); Professor Lori Andrews of the Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago; Dr. Aubrey Milunsky, Co-Director for the Center for Human Genetics and Professor of Human...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on April 07, 2010 (boomark / email).