05-19-2013, 01:41 PM
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Should a corporation be allowed to patent a human gene?
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05-19-2013, 01:42 PM
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no and now that some celebrity's tits are involved doesn't change my answer.
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05-19-2013, 01:44 PM
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down with the corporations!
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05-19-2013, 01:48 PM
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BTW, if the Supreme Court allows it, Myriad is expected to receive a windfall because cancer testing will be funded by the taxpayer through Obamacare.
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05-19-2013, 01:50 PM
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I didn't really get what was going on. Then I read
"As the patent owner, Myriad has the exclusive right to test for those genes, keeping other biotech firms from developing their own diagnostic tools." nope nope nope nope |
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05-19-2013, 01:53 PM
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**** no. but they do. so we're ****ed.
kind of puts a damper on the whole 'unlimited competitive progress' thing capitalism boasts about
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05-19-2013, 01:55 PM
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Wait a minute let me get this straight, they have a gene that may be a cause to breast cancer, but they are trying to patent it so other companies can't try to work on it as well?
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05-19-2013, 01:55 PM
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Completely unrelated but Ali, isn't the saying "puts a dampener on..."?
The idea of a putting a soda bread on anything doesn't seem right  The Wiki for Damper's first line reads "Damper is a traditional Australian soda bread prepared by swagmen"...made me giggle |
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05-19-2013, 01:56 PM
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Or lack of tits, as it were. |
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05-19-2013, 01:56 PM
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my mom is considering getting one of these tests. it would great if they were cheaper and therefore more available. it would allow women (and men?) to take precautions if they know they're particularly susceptible. not necessarily in a radical surgical procedure, but through frequent examinations.
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05-19-2013, 01:58 PM
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I guess so. I always heard 'damper' rather than 'dampener'. My life is so hard just look at my spelling.
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05-19-2013, 01:58 PM
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I'm going to now patent the soda bread gene.
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05-19-2013, 01:59 PM
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nope
they also shouldn't be able to patent drugs, code, mechanisms and all that jazz but alas
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05-19-2013, 02:06 PM
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The system of patenting things is a joke which just encourages corporate greed
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05-19-2013, 02:07 PM
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This is crony capitalism. A monopoly through a patent and taxpayer funding for tests. Talk about an awesome business plan.....
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05-19-2013, 02:14 PM
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05-19-2013, 02:15 PM
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They should be allowed to patent human genes, just like I should be allowed to patent naturally occurring elements.
Now I want my licensed carbon back. 
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05-19-2013, 02:20 PM
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I don't think so. I'm pretty sure all the patents for those argon.
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05-19-2013, 02:25 PM
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This is why anything medical should not be privately funded. Especially medical research. We're looking for the human race to profit here, not a private company.
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