Genetic Technologies' detractors say its patents could crumble under attack from a good defense lawyer.

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Cofounder of the accused firm, Genetic Technologies, he stood up and introduced himself as the author of the patents.

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Genetic Technologies has incited a mini-riot in the high-stakes world of biotech.

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Simons, who left Genetic Technologies in 2000 after a tiff with Jacobson, has been growing steadily more aghast at his former colleague's hardball tactics.

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But with genetic technologies advancing much faster than computing, opening up their corporate jewels to more innovators could prove to be just good business sense, giving them an advantage over their closed competitors.

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Before inking the research deal with Sangamo, Dow Agro scientists evaluated other, more widely studied genetic manipulation technologies.

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Hayes said his organization supported the use of embryo screening to help prevent the passing on of serious diseases and disorders like Cystic Fibrosis, but is wary of other technologies and how genetic screening and alteration can be misused.

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This approach does not apply to animals created with older, cruder technologies commonly used, for example, for the genetic improvement of fowl, pigs and cows.

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Other new technologies allowed Lyon to focus on just 1% of human genetic material that was likely to provide him answers.

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The immediate implications of these forthcoming technologies are that we will be able to tell whether we have genetic predisposition to certain capabilities but also to particular diseases.

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