Patent Law

Gaia Bernstein: ""Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Gatekeeping the Production of Genetic Information"
Gaia Bernstein, Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law, posted "Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Gatekeeping the Production of Genetic Information" on SSRN: Traditionally, the practice of genetic testing was governed by the Diagnostic Paradigm...

Guide to Genetic Testing
The Wall Street Journal provides a brief guide to understanding the costs, processes, and legal protections of genetic testing and what insurers typically cover in such testing. Jilian Mincer writes, In recent years, about 1,000 genetic tests have become available...

Personal Genetic Testing
The Diane Rehm show has an interesting discussing planned for 11am EST concerning personal genetic testing. The brief overview states, A growing number of people are turning to personalized genetic testing to learn about possible predisposition to some diseases, inherited...

Is Genetic Testing Really Worth the Cost
As genetic testing becomes more widely understood and administered, Karen Ravn for the Los Angeles Times questions whether the costs (and hidden costs) of genetic testing are actually worth it...

King on Prenatal Genetic Testing
Jaime S. King (University of California, Hastings College of the Law) has posted And Genetic Testing for All....The Coming Revolution in Prenatal Genetic Testing (Rutgers Law Journal, 2011) on SSRN...

Genetic Testing Regulation and Inspection
Earlier this week, California started inspecting genetic testing companies. The LATimes reported, California health regulators have dealt a blow to direct-to-consumer genetic testing start-ups by demanding that 13 companies halt sales in the state until they prove they have met...

Tuberculosis Testing:
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Prompt HIV, Hepatitis Testing in Alberta

Undetected Sewage Spill
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Cancer Testing
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