[DeTomaso] NPC...You may want to Delete?

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Thu Jan 20 18:30:55 EST 2011


It gets worse than that, many Corporations like the one mentioned have
patented every genome in the human DNA sequence,
you don't even own yourself.

Michael Shortt

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:37 PM, <JJD1010 at aol.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure it's that simple. What if they had a gene sequence that  was
> highly beneficial but then did nothing with it? In the latest issue of Pop
> Science they describe just such a case related to a rice gene that made it
> resistant to a common type of blight. Monsanto licensed the gene, but then
> did nothing with it, preventing others from doing the same. Seems there s/b
> some  sort of moral obligation in a case like this?
>
> Or perhaps, gene licensing s/b based on a large up front payment, an
> "investment" if you will, and not so much on downstream fees. The  company
> getting the license would then have so much skin in the game they would
>  have to
> push development to get their "investment" back.
>
> I'm not sure what the best answer is.
>
> Jeff
> 6559
>
>
> In a message dated 1/20/2011 2:50:09 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> kenn_green at yahoo.com writes:
>
> You  probably won't be happy that the Obama Administration is taking an
> anti-patent  stance.  The Justice Dept filed a brief in "The Association of
> Molecular  Pathology v. The United States Patent and Trademark Office" in
> the
> Supreme  Court case opposing gene patents held by Myriad Genetics.
> Basically,  they want to force the company to give away the technology they
> spent big
>  bucks to develop.  A real feel good thing, share the wealth with
>  everyone.
>
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