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In the glow of the prize, Nature revisits the brawl
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
What does HIV have in common with calculus? The dogfight over who discovered it.
This is a copy of Nature magazine's 1987 editorial on the dispute between the (U.S.) National Cancer Institute's Dr. Robert Gallo and the (French) Pasteur Institute's Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier--a conflict only slightly dramatized in the nonfiction novel and film "And the Band Played On."
In 1983, Montagnier brought samples of viral isolate to the NCI so that Gallo's lab could examine them 
DNA scissors enhance gene therapy ...now available to all comers
jerry submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Imagine you're trying to find a cure for a disease, such as cystic fibrosis, which results from a single defective gene. Using traditional gene therapy, you'd infect the patient with a virus containing a good copy of the gene, hoping the DNA inserts into the person's genome in a spot that doesn't trigger cancer.
"There's got to be a better way," you tell yourself--and there is. About a decade ago, researchers began developing a new strategy that relies on proteins called zinc finger nucleases that bind to a very specific place on a chromosome
Patent fight over dog cloning keeps disgraced scientist busy
Darkfrog submitted, created time 4 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
It turns out that Woo Suk Hwang, formerly of Seoul National University before they booted him out for falsifying his research, is involved in a lawsuit with one of his former teammates, Byeong Chun Lee, or at least the preliminary pangs of a lawsuit.
Hwang is invovled with a U.S. company and Lee with a Korean one. The U.S. company has just told the Korean one to stop cloning dogs. In June, Lee's company managed to make four clones of a dog that can sniff out cancer in humans--so this technology does have more than sentimental application
Dozens of patent decisions may be overturned!
Darkfrog submitted, created time 6 months 3 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
A professor at George Washington University--not one of us this time; he's a law professor--has brought to light some shades of U.S. law that suggest that the appointments of forty-six judges may have been unconstitutional. What does that mean for scientists? Well, these judges laid down decisions for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, both deciding whether patents should be issued for new inventions and resolving patent disputes.
If the appointments are declared unconstitutional, then who knows how many decisions may be overturned? The translogic decision alone was worth $86 million.
Food crisis calls for renewed vigor in agricultural research
Darkfrog submitted, created time 7 months 1 day (www.nature.com)
Agricultural research may not sound flashy--it includes everything from high-yield crop varieties to pest and weed control--but experts claim that a lack of it is the underlying cause of our current food shortages in the developing world, and that it is likely to be the cause of future shortages if the problem is not corrected.
While there is a focus on agricultural research in the developing world, this is limited to four countries: China, Brazil, South Africa and India. At the same time, there is less and less transfer of technology and information from first-world countries like the U
Small Win for Wisconsin in Stem Cell Fight
Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 3 days (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
With a government decision upholding an important 2006 patent on human stem cell techniques, biomedical researcher James Thomson and his school, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have won the latest skirmish in a long-running conflict over patents.
Engineered crop plants: Trap or treasure?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 9 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
This article discusses the proliferation of genetically engineered crop plants in the international agricultural market, particularly in developing countries. The concern is that poor farmers will become beholden to the companies that own the patents on these particular strains, but I think the whole matter is fear-hyped. Genetically engineered crops tend to be hardier, more cost-effective and require less pesticide. That's a good thing all around.
DNA barcoding for botanical identities
jane2007 submitted, created time 9 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)
Researchers have used a DNA sequence to distinguish between more than 1,600 botanical samples from two biodiversity hotspots, providing the largest test yet of "DNA barcoding" in plants.
Fake(?) drugs circulate in free trade zones
Darkfrog submitted, created time 11 months 2 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
This is an article about the economic policies that encourage the international trade in "fake drugs." I'm halfway through the thing and it still hasn't said whether "fake" means sugar pills relabeled as antiretroviral AIDS medicine or just bona-fide generic drugs masquerading as brand name. That little tidbit ought to be in the first paragraph.
While patent violation is a crime and the companies that spent years of time and money developing drugs do deserve their fair share of the profits, this would make a big difference in how serious of an issue it is
After Stem-Cell Breakthrough, the Work Begins
jane2007 submitted, created time 1 year 5 days (www.nytimes.com)
After stem-cell breakthrough, the researchers have many works to perform. If stem cell researchers were oil prospectors, it could be said that they struck a gusher last week. But to realize the potential boundless riches they now must figure out how to build refineries, pipelines and gas stations.
The article tell us what we will do after the breakthrough of stem cell and the value of the technology.
'Second Base' Breast Cancer Campaign Cut Short
lihuazhang821003 submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.abcnews.go.com)
A T-shirt promotion by two teenage girls in Kansas who were eager to raise awareness about breast cancer, unexpectedly earned the pair a lesson in decency and trademark law.
Haley Wenthe and Jessica Sheahon, seniors at Salina Central High School, set out to raise $10,000 to fight breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Haley's mother had died of the disease five years ago, and Sheahon's mom recently completed chemotherapy. They started raising funds by selling bracelets, temporary tattoos and beads. [Post modified by DiscoveR8 staff.]
EU patent for genetically modified soybeans revoked
Hecate submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.nature.com)
Thirteen years ago, an agricultural company called Monsanto patented its "recipe" for genetically modified soybeans. This week, said patent was rejected by the European Patent Office, citing lack of novelty. The patent was actually for a means of creating any kind of genetically modified soybean, not just a particular strain. Opponents of the patent claimed that it gave Monsato "de facto control over all modified soybeans." The debate brought forward such motley allies as Syngenta, Greenpeace and Canada's ETC.
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