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Corporations hold patents on human DNA sequences
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REFUTED
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Although human gene sequences were historically patented, landmark US Supreme Court rulings such as Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (2013) determined that naturally occurring DNA sequences are not patent-eligible.

Evidence for · 1
Do recent US Supreme Court rulings on patenting of genes and genetic diagnostics affect the practice of genetic screening and diagnosis in prenatal and reproductive care?
2014 · cited by 4
Notes that thousands of patents have historically been awarded claiming human gene sequences and their uses.
Evidence against · 3
Gene patents and personalized cancer care: impact of the Myriad case on clinical oncology.
2013 · cited by 39
Notes that the Supreme Court decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics invalidated patents on isolated genes, establishing that naturally occurring DNA sequences are not patent-eligible.
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The analysis

While past practice saw thousands of gene patents granted, the landmark 2013 Supreme Court ruling in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics decisively ended the patenting of isolated, naturally occurring human DNA sequences, making the claim false under current law.

More against · 2
Patenting nature-a comparative perspective.
2018 · cited by 6
Discusses the impact of the Myriad decision which stopped the patenting of natural genetic sequences.
Do recent US Supreme Court rulings on patenting of genes and genetic diagnostics affect the practice of genetic screening and diagnosis in prenatal and reproductive care?
2014 · cited by 4
Notes that the US Supreme Court ruled that naturally occurring genes are not patentable through composition of matter claims.
Everything we examined (12)
  1. Gene patents and personalized cancer care: impact of the Myriad case on clinical oncology.peer-reviewedrefutes
  2. AMP v Myriad: the Supreme Court gives a win to personalized medicine.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Ray of Hope for Infertility.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  4. Patenting nature-a comparative perspective.peer-reviewedrefutes
  5. Legal & Ethical Implications of Predictive Digital Techniques in the Judicial Criminal Proceedingspeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Gene‐Environment Interaction Researchpeer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Do recent US Supreme Court rulings on patenting of genes and genetic diagnostics affect the practice of genetic screening and diagnosis in prenatal and reproductive care?peer-reviewedsupports
  8. How Do Patents Affect Follow-on Innovation? Evidence from the Human Genome.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  9. Cultural, ethical, legal, and social considerations in genomics research with Indigenous Peoples: A scoping review.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Constraints on gene patent protection fuel secrecy concerns: a qualitative study.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  11. Gene patents: a broken incentives system.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Three Decades of China's Bt Cotton: Achievements and Insights.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → REFUTED · 1305 Aug 2026
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