 The court sided with the Association for Molecular Pathology unanimously, and determined that as genes are natural, they are not able to be patented.Chung believes that these decisions will allow patients to receive all the information resulting from genome sequencing, and allowing testing for specific diseases - such as the test for breast cancer - thus enabling patients to know more about their own health.Chung is a Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) and directs the clinical genetics program.