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This article talks about how police in Sacramento let minors consent to DNA testing without their parents permission. It also veers into NDAA briefly which is why I chose it.

this article is about how myriad genetics has a patent on our DNA. I always thought that my body was my own, including the very thing that makes me the unique individual that I am today.This article is arguing that there should not be a patent put on our DNA because of the cost and the ability to get second opinions on what could be life saving. If we can't even have the personal freedom to say what is ours on our own body, than what is personal freedom anyway? This is a really interesting topic!

Two men have written an article to the post stating their argument against patents on our DNA.

This issue highlights the debate on DNA patents and explains how long this case has been argued. It further illustrates the decisions of the judges in deciding whether or not their should be patents on DNA.

An article from Forbes magazine about the Myriad testing on patented BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes. Our fight for our personal freedom in securing our rights to our own DNA

This article is about the first time we stood up for our genes and fought for our rights to our own DNA

This article states that the death penalty cannot comply to the constitution. It states that 2/3 of those sentenced to death since 1976 have been in five southern states, where racial bias still exists. It also states that 17 innocent people, on death row, were released based on DNA evidence, and another 112 released based on other evidence.

This site offers information on how they have created a system that helps people diagnose their genes, however the gene patents are in the way of allowing this system to help people.