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Genetic ancestors, DNA and the soul

I picture a really big funnel, open side up. Above it are the numberless faces of the ancestors, fading upward into invisibility. Infinite in number and variety.

So who owns my body?

It was a unanimous decision. Whatever their religious backgrounds, they were all united. The Supreme Court ruled that Myriad Genetics cannot copyright a human gene. "A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated," Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court.

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