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High costs limit patient access to genetic screening. Patent validity affects research and medical innovation. The outcome shapes the balance between private incentives and public access to biological tools."],"sources":[{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 24, lines 9-27","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2012/12-398_h3dj.pdf","page_label":"file page 24, lines 9-27"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 3, lines 19-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2012/12-398_h3dj.pdf","page_label":"file page 3, lines 19-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 33, lines 23-39","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2012/12-398_h3dj.pdf","page_label":"file page 33, lines 23-39"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 58, lines 25-47","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2012/12-398_h3dj.pdf","page_label":"file page 58, lines 25-47"},{"evidence_type":"Transcript","label":"Official Supreme Court Transcript — file page 61, lines 45-45","official_url":"https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2012/12-398_h3dj.pdf","page_label":"file page 61, lines 45-45"}]},{"heading":"What happens next","paragraphs":["This article currently covers the argument record. 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