ACLU has launched Take Back Our Genes, an excellent new public education campaign to illustrate the personal harms of gene patenting by showcasing those who have been or may be directly impacted by this practice. First visit the campaign website to learn more about their legal case on gene patenting and check-out their video and slideshow that highlight a handful of the heartbreaking human results of gene patenting.

After you’ve checked out the video and slideshow you can get involved. Tell the ACLU how gene patenting has impacted you or a loved one by submitting a photo and sharing story of your own. You can also support incredible advocacy groups such as Breast Cancer Action, Our Bodies Ourselves and others who have been to protect patients from the harms posed by gene patents for years. Together we can bring an end to gene patenting to ensure the human genome, and all DNA found in nature, is open to everyone for the benefit of everyone – not just corporate profits.