I recently appeared as a
guest on Seattle’s National Public Radio station KUOW’s
Weekday program. The topic of the program was the potential
ramifications of a recent court decision invalidating
certain portions of patents held by Myriad Genetics on the
BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. This topic, focusing on whether or
not genes should be patentable, led to an interesting
discussion among the panel members, which also included Jon
Izant of Sage Networks, Ulrich Mueller of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Andrew Serafini of
Fenwick and West. The segment aired on March 29, 2010. You
can listen or download this program from
KUOW.org’s website.