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Supreme Court Declares Naturally Occurring Genes Unpatentable

This month, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a naturally occurring, isolated segment of human DNA may not be patented because it is a product of nature.  The Court also held, however, that complementary DNA (cDNA), which is synthetically created exons-only strands of nucleotides, may be patented because it is not naturally occurring. The […]

PRESS RELEASE: Youngevity, Inc. Supports FDA Proposed Rule That Would Mandate Selenium in Infant Formula

On June 19, 2013, Emord & Associates, on behalf of Youngevity, Inc., filed a Comment to FDA’s proposed rule, “Infant Formula: The Addition of Minimum and Maximum Levels of Selenium to Infant Formula and Related Labeling Requirements.”  If adopted, the Rule would require inclusion of selenium as an essential nutrient in infant formula. FDA concluded […]


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