Month: November 2019

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — One of the wonders and satisfactions of modern science has been the elucidation (usually based in genetics) of the wonders of nature that have been famously observed but not explained until the proper tools (again, usually genetic) have been developed.  One of these is the ability of certain animals to…

  • By Kevin E. Noonan — On September 11th, Junior Party (Regents of the University of California, University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier, collectively "CVC") in Interference No. 106,115 with The Broad Institute et al. filed a motion to file its priority statement under seal.  Specifically, CVC's motion requested that it be permitted to have the…

  • A new non-profit advocacy organization, New Cures for Cancers, recently announced its launch and the opening of its website.  The mission of the organization is to give cancer patients and their families and friends a podium to tell their stories and to demand judicial and legislative advocacy to motivate new diagnostics, personalized medicines, and drugs…