Jewish leaders seek genetic guidelines...
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The National Human Genome Research Institute is being asked by Jewish leaders in the US to discuss possible guidelines for genetic research on Ashkenazi Jews. Jewish groups, identifiable as a genetically-linked population, are seen as potential targets for commercial genetic tests because of research at John Hopkins University showing that one in 17 of Ashkenazi Jews has a genetic mutation that increases the risk of colon cancer. It is feared that Jews could suffer from genetic discrimination by employers and insurance companies unless a law bans the practice.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1997
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US drops patent claim to Hagahai cell line
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has declaimed the patent to a cell line from a Hagahai man from Papua New Guinea. Various social activist groups opposing patents to living organisms claimed this forfeiture of NIH's claim as a victory of their efforts. The patent was issued, in Mar 1995 to the Department of Health and Human Services. Scientists believed that the cell line consisted of a human t-lymphotropic virus and a patent was required for safeguarding the interests of the Hagahai in their own tissue.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1996
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Stanford seeks life after Cohen-Boyer patent expires
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Stanford University netted $18.5 million in 1992 from patent royalties. Nearly $15 million of that came from the Cohen-Boyer genome insertion patent, which expires in 1997. Stanford is hoping to cover the resulting loss in funding by taking equity rather than royalties from licensing companies. Research grants provide $300 million, the bulk of the university's funding, but departments and faculty members have relied on the patent income.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1993
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