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According to the law in most states, health care providers own patients' medical records. But federal privacy law governs how that information can be used. And whether or not you can profit from your own medical data is murky.

If Your Medical Information Becomes A Moneymaker, Could You Get A Cut?

Oct 15, 2018
Sometimes discoveries derived from patients' medical data become the foundation of new profit-making companies. A fledgling industry wants to help patients get a cut of the cash.
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University of Alberta microbiologist David Evans (right) and his research associate Ryan Noyce, created the synthetic horsepox virus.

Did Pox Virus Research Put Potential Profits Ahead of Public Safety?

Feb 17, 2018
Privately funded scientists made a virus related to smallpox from scratch, hoping their version might lead to a better smallpox vaccine. But critics question the need — and worry about repercussions.
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Broad Institute Wins Big Battle Over CRISPR Gene-Editing Patent

Feb 15, 2017
CRISPR technology is already worth billions of dollars, investors say. This ruling seems to affirm the biggest piece of the pie goes to the Broad, over patent rival University of California, Berkeley.
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Feng Zhang, of the Broad Institute, is one of the contenders vying for royalties from CRISPR patents.

Scientists Battle In Court Over Lucrative Patents For Gene-Editing Tool

Dec 05, 2016
A gene-editing technology called CRISPR-cas9 could be a gold mine for its inventors, but it's not clear who owns the idea. U.S. patent judges will soon hear oral arguments to decide the issue.
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