Approximately 30% of cancers are caused by hereditary tendency to get cancer.  In other diseases, such as cardiac disease, bone disease, and lung disease, diabetes, and high cholesterol, the hereditary tendency to develop the disease is also very strong.

The Supreme Court recently ruled that in the case of a gene test for breast and ovarian cancer (BRCA1 and BRCA2), the gene itself could not be patented.  It did specify that the synthetic DNA, used…

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