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根据下面资料，回答题 In 2010, a federal judge shook America's biotech industry to its core. Companies had won patents for isolated DNA for decades--by 2005 some 20% of human genes were patented. But in March2010 a judge ruled that genes were unpatentable. Executives were violently agitated. The Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO), a trade group, assured members that this was just a "preliminary
step" in a longer battle.
On July 29th they were relieved, at least temporarily. A federal appeals court overturned theprior decision, ruling that Myriad Genetics could indeed hold patents to two genes that help forecast awoman's risk of breast cancer. The chief executive of Myriad, a company in Utah, said the ruling wasa blessing to firms and patients alike.
But as companies continue their attempts at personalized medicine, the courts will remain ratherbusy. The Myriad case itself is probably not over. Critics make three main arguments against gene patents: a gene is a product of nature, so it may not be patented; gene patents suppress innovation rather than reward it; and patents' monopolies restrict access to genetic tests such as Myriad's. A growingnumber seem to agree. Last year a federal task-force urged reform for patents related to genetic tests.In October the Department of Justice filed a brief in the Myriad case, arguing that an isolatedDNA molecule "is no less a product of nature...than are cotton fibres that have been separated fromcotton seeds. "
Despite the appeals court's decision, big questions remain unanswered. For example, it is unclear whether the sequencing of a whole genome violates the patents of individual genes within it. Thecase may yet reach the Supreme Court.
As the industry advances, however, other suits may have an even greater impact. Companies areunlikely to file many more patents for human DNA molecules--most are already patented or in thepublic domain. Firms are now studying how genes interact, looking for correlations that might be usedto determine the causes of disease or predict a drug's efficacy, companies are eager to win patents for "connecting the dots", explains Hans Sauer, a lawyer for the BIO.
Their success may be determined by a suit related to this issue, brought by the Mayo Clinic,which the Supreme Court will hear in its next term. The BIO recently held a convention which included sessions to coach lawyers on the shifting landscape for patents. Each meeting was packed.
It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that the biotech companies would like________. A．their executives to be active
A．their executives to be active
B．judges to rule out gene patenting
B．judges to rule out gene patenting
C．genes to be patentable
C．genes to be patentable
D．the BIO to issue a warning
D．the BIO to issue a warning
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