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Can a human gene be patented? Parthasarathy discusses Supreme Court case

Jun 6, 2013

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision upholding patents on human genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. The Court will soon decide the case involving Myriad Genetics, Inc., which owns...

State & Hill

Gerrymandering, then and now

Apr 26, 2012

It was the summer of 1971 when the first mandated round of redistricting was taking place across the nation. A series of Supreme Court decisions in the '60s had directed states to create new legislative districts every ten years to reflect...

Shobita Parthasarathy's book, Building Genetic Medicine, which informs the debate over gene patents, re-released in paperback

Feb 13, 2012

Shobita Parthasarathy's book on the development and implications of gene testing and patenting has been re-released in paperback by The MIT Press.The book, Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology and the Comparative Politics of Health...

Shobita Parthasarathy interviewed by German Public Radio about legality of human gene patents

Dec 1, 2010

Shobita Parthasarathy was interviewed by German Public Radio about recent debates on the legality of patenting human genes. Since a narrowly decided Supreme Court ruling in the 1980s, the U.S. Patent Office has allowed patents for a variety of life...

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Robert Axelrod, Scott Atran pen op-ed, "Why we talk to terrorists"

Jun 30, 2010

Robert Axelrod and Scott Atran wrote an op-ed for the New York Times defending their right, as social scientists, to talk to U.S. classified terrorist organizations without threatening national security. The op-ed was written in response to a recent...

Policy Talks @ the Ford School, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Lecture Series

What policymakers need to know about the criminal justice system

Dec 8, 2022, 4:30-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, Betty Ford Auditorium (1110)

Join Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt and Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes for a conversation at the intersection of law, policy, and the criminal justice system.

PubPol 750.009

PubPol 750.009: Topics: Supreme Court

Laurel Beatty Blunt

Law and legal institutions have a growing impact on our society. Courts play an important role in shaping dozens of national and local policy...

PubPol 495.001

PubPol 495.001: Policy Seminar: Supreme Court

Valenta Kabo

PUBPOL 495 (Policy Seminar) is for students currently enrolled in the Public Policy Undergraduate Program only, no exceptions. Enrollment is by permission...

PUBPOL 495.002

PUBPOL 495.002: Policy Seminar: Supreme Court

Valenta Kabo

PubPol 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission...

PUBPOL 495