In the ACLU v. Myriad case, the ACLU has alleged that the patents involved in the case cover genes found in nature.  This statement is so patently (pun intended) false, that the ACLU either purposely deceived the court or is guilty of gross negligence about the facts plead in the case.  As Gene points out in his post, Fired up: Challenging the Constitutionality of the Patent Act  none of the claims in question cover genes found in nature.  These claims are directed to screening, identifying, and isolating the BRCA1/2 genetic sequences.  This is not a claim to the gene itself, but methods of screening, indentifying and isolating the genes, which are processes not found in nature. There are claims to an isolated gene, but genes are not isolated from human cells in nature.  These claims are similar to claims on vitamin B12.  More than 80 years ago, prior to the isolation and purification of vitamin B12, the only “treatment” for megaloblastic anemia was for patients to consume a pound of raw liver a day.  Since isolated and purified vitamin B12 is not found in nature, a patent issued for isolated B12.  The ACLU purposely deceived the court when they stated, “The patents cover the human genes themselves”, paragraphs 3-4, 55-67, & 102 of the complaint, while ignoring that isolated genes do not occur in nature.