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It's sad we can't all collaborate together on something as deadly as cancer.
by sct202 7y ago
It's sad we can't all collaborate together on something as deadly as cancer.
- ancorevard 7y agoThere are lots of successful collaborations happening between US and Chinese scientists. However, like in all scientific disciplines, there some bad apples, and for some, the temptations to improperly share confidential information is too great. Theft of IP is not a good thing, even in oncology.
- eecc 7y agoTheft, IP? Cancer research?! Oh! I can see the facepalms forming a recursively fractal Mandala...
- cwkoss 7y agoAny attempt to enforce intellectual property around cancer research is moral bankruptcy. We should not value the "right to rent seek" over basic human decency and access to life-saving knowledge - ever.
- ccfm 7y agoYou seem to miss the point in the article that there’s no theft happening in this case. The scientist in question is the scientist who had been leading the research.
- agumonkey 7y agoThe economics are getting in the way of science and human care. Maybe there could be another structure to motivate collaboration and sharing of ideas.