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Biotech / Medical : Geron Corp.
GERN 1.310-2.6%2:30 PM EST

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To: rt1^ who wrote (363)8/18/1997 3:00:00 PM
From: Bottom_Dweller   of 3578
 
Something else about GERN just occurred to me.

In Five years this discovery might turn into something with collaboration of many other groups and massive funding/research to develop it, through a team effort of many different people, cancer is cured. GERN only publicized a 1% step towards a 100% cure for cancer. It's not even clear if it was their idea alone.

The biggest thing that sticks out to me, is that if this is what everyone thinks it is, and if there was a way to make money with it they would not have written about it in Science.

They would have kept it extremely quiet until it was ready to keep competitors from entering. That's the way companies think. They have discoveries, they wait until they can use them, they don't give away all their secrets. Unless of course, there is no commercial value to it.

Cheers!

Kyle..
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