Sequenom v. Ariosa - The Death of a Genetic Testing Patent.

The article reflects on genetic testing patent and detect tumor derived DNA in people with cancer. It mentions that cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) in the blood of pregnant women and polymerase-chain reaction amplification of Y-chromosome DNA sequences from pregnant women's serum and plasma. It mentions that the decision of U.S. Supreme Court in the cases on patent Sequenom v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories and Parke-Davis v. H .K. Mulford.