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Controversial CRISPR history sets off an online firestorm
- tokenadult 11y agoAnother article, "CRISPR controversy reveals how badly journals handle conflicts of interest," reports how differing accounts of how CRISPR gene-editing technology was developed illustrates the bigger problem of scientists publishing research papers when they have an undisclosed commercial interest in the research findings. http://www.statnews.com/2016/01/21/crispr-conflicts-of-interest/ http://www.statnews.com/2016/01/21/crispr-conflicts-of-inter...
- Q6T46nT668w6i3m 11y ago> undisclosed commercial interest in the research findings Where’s the commercial interest? The Broad Institute is a non-profit and the University of California, Berkley is a public institution.
- tokenadult 11y agoNonprofit organizations need sources of revenue, and universities are well known to use patent licensing fees to support their expenses.
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- _Wintermute 11y agoLander has financial ties through the Broad institute and Third Rock Ventures to Editas medicine, which is one of the companies hoping to profit from a CRISPR patent.
- rasz_pl 11y ago>The Broad Institute is a non-profit so is Ikea
- sharemywin 11y agoPersonal I think almost by definition if two groups independently invent the same thing seems that the novel part of patentability fails.
- drcross 11y agoI really hope this ends up being the case. The entire patient system is broken.