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Impact of gene patents and licensing practices on access to genetic testing for hearing loss.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Apr 2010

Chandrasekharan Subhashini, Fiffer Melissa

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Genetic testing for heritable hearing loss involves a mix of patented and unpatented genes, mutations and testing methods. More than half of all hearing loss is linked to inherited mutations, and five genes are most commonly tested for in the United States. There are no patents on three of these genes, but Athena Diagnostics holds exclusive licenses to test for a common mutation in the GJB2 gene associated with...

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PMID: 20393307
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181d7b053
PMCID: PMC3125070

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