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To: SpudFarmer who wrote (1062)	11/18/1999 4:03:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) of 12247

Spudfarmer, I've had a little read about Celera and had read about it a month or so ago somewhere. They sure seem to be doing a good job, but again it seems a bit like AFFX, selling the shovels to the claim stakers. I realize they have patents on DNA sequences. But somehow, it seems to me that if I want to mix my DNA with somebody else's, they can't really tell me I can't do that because they have a patent on my DNA. It would only be special process or invention or something they can claim. Obviously that leaves them plenty of scope to work on. I don't know about patent law applied to DNA. I'd have thought the best place to invest would be the patents involved in sticking the DNA into the target cells so that a good quality baby could be hatched. Or maybe cloning those good quality babies so Mums could choose from a catalogue. Mums [and Dads] could really compete on their children then because if there are 500 of a particular clone, it would be pretty obvious who is doing a good job of being parents. They wouldn't be able to blame their partner's DNA or some recessive gene. The clone down the road would be happy and healthy, growing well and enjoying life. Children could go into fields that really suit them - if a clone turns out to be really talented at golf or chess or computer programming or writing or singing, then later clones could be given those things to try out - they'd have a natural bent so would do very well if they wanted to. It wouldn't be any good encouraging weightlifting in a tall skinny clone! Got any patents on cloning, DNA attachments [replacements] or stuff like that? If I was a cystic fibrosis carrier, I'd pay a lot of $$1000s to not pass it on to my child. A nice clip of a normal DNA would suit me just fine. CDNA, working with CDMA and symbiotic with IT will rule the world!! There is gold in them thar hills. Mqurice

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