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To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (98475)	3/15/2000 12:34:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	of 1581473

RE:"Sure sounds like gene patents to me. And personally, yes, I think patenting a naturally occurring gene is somewhat bogus"... There appears to be an point of contention between naturaly occuring, recessive, mutant, modified etc. and where the line is drawn will determine whether it's worth a companies money to pursue it... Too much to get into here...but I do agree that the basic genome should be and is available to all. Modification and manipulation may be patentable. In the case of the AIDs prevention gene patented by HGSI, I'm not sure it is naturally occuring or modified gene. My educated guess is that it's natural but only occurs in a very small % of the population. No wonder HGSI was taken down today with a vengence. Appreciate your efforts.

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