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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.3
 
                                  CONSENT OF
                   VENABLE, BAETJER, HOWARD & CIVILETTI, LLP
                                PATENT COUNSEL
 
  We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of the Statements under the captions "Risk Factors--Uncertain Ability
to Protect Proprietary Technology" and "Business--Patents and Proprietary
Rights" and other references to patent-related matters which we have reviewed
and approved in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related Prospectus
of Myriad Genetics, Inc. and any amendments thereto.
 
  This consent may be incorporated by reference in a subsequent registration
statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, with respect to the registration of additional shares of Common Stock
of the Registrant for sale in the offering contemplated by this Registration
Statement.
 
 
                                              /s/ VENABLE, BAETJER, HOWARD &
                                                      CIVILETTI, LLP
 
                                          Venable, Baetjer, Howard &
                                           Civiletti, LLP
Washington, D.C.
November 14, 1996
