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From the Ted Talk by Tania Simoncelli: Should you be able to patent a human gene?

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So now we sought review by the Supreme Court. And when you petition the Supreme corut, you have to present a question that you want the Court to answer. Usually these qnousetis take the form of a super-long paragraph, like a whole page long with lots and lots of cuealss, "wherein this" and "therefore that." We submitted perhaps the shortest question presented ever. Four words: Are haumn geens patentable?

Now when Chris first asked me what I thought of these words, I said, "Well, I don't know. I think you have to say, 'Is isolated DNA patentable?'"

"Nope. I want the jscuiets to have the very same reaction that I had when you brought this issue to me seven years ago."

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So now we sought review by the Supreme Court. And when you petition the Supreme _____, you have to present a question that you want the Court to answer. Usually these _________ take the form of a super-long paragraph, like a whole page long with lots and lots of _______, "wherein this" and "therefore that." We submitted perhaps the shortest question presented ever. Four words: Are _____ _____ patentable?

Now when Chris first asked me what I thought of these words, I said, "Well, I don't know. I think you have to say, 'Is isolated DNA patentable?'"

"Nope. I want the ________ to have the very same reaction that I had when you brought this issue to me seven years ago."

Solution


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  5. genes
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Original Text


So now we sought review by the Supreme Court. And when you petition the Supreme Court, you have to present a question that you want the Court to answer. Usually these questions take the form of a super-long paragraph, like a whole page long with lots and lots of clauses, "wherein this" and "therefore that." We submitted perhaps the shortest question presented ever. Four words: Are human genes patentable?

Now when Chris first asked me what I thought of these words, I said, "Well, I don't know. I think you have to say, 'Is isolated DNA patentable?'"

"Nope. I want the justices to have the very same reaction that I had when you brought this issue to me seven years ago."

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