News in Brief Breast Cancer Court Case Pits Patients’ Genes vs. Gene Patents A court case surrounding gene patents for high-risk forms of breast cancer puts two viewpoints of "products of nature" on the stand. Emily Badger
Social Justice Shining a Light on Bootleg Discs As compact discs have become the primary means of storing and distributing digital information around the world, they… Matt Palmquist
Education Campus Research Back to Basics The author of a new paper on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 finds that the legislation has not caused the decline in basic research that many had feared. Matthew Rafferty