March 20, 2006

LabCorp vs. Metabolite Laboratories

"Justices Reach Out to Consider Patent Case", an article in today's New York Times, discusses LabCorp v. Metabolite Laboratories, a case which might finally limit patents on natural phenomenon (technically one cannot patent a natural phenomenon, but this line has been increasingly crossed in recent years, much to the detriment of research and innovation).

March 16, 2006

Quick notes on genetics

Like it's companion, "Steve's Quick Notes," this blog will be used to record without polishing. I was inspired by Mark Gerstein's textstream.