2014 Event Hospitals are beginning to use genetic profiling of tumors in order to identify the most effective treatments for various cancers; tumor genetics is thought to be of greater significance than the place of origin in the body 2013 Event The U.S. Supreme Court invalides gene patents held by Myriad Genetics when it rules that isolated human genes are not patentable 1934 Birthday George Stamatoyannopoulos, born in Greece, medical genetics researcher 1931 Death John P Lotsy, botanist/geneticist (Resumptio Genetics), dies at 64 1925 Birthday Joshua Lederberg, born in New Jersey, microbiologist, Nobel Prize winner, focused on genetics 1900 Event Hugo de Vries rediscovers Mendel's laws of genetics 1867 Birthday John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist, Genetics 1861 Birthday William Bateson, English biologist, originator of term "genetics"
