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Because they really showed their ugly side when it came to commercialization and the patent court case.
by _Wintermute 6y ago
Because they really showed their ugly side when it came to commercialization and the patent court case.
- sarthakjshetty 6y agoSorry, I'm out of the loop on this. Can you explain it a bit more? I was aware of the lawsuit between Berkeley and MIT over the patent, but not of the specifics.
- PL1 6y agoFor instance, see http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1825 http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=1825
- dannykwells 6y agoNot that Michael is biased at all, either... Anyway, I'm happy Jennifer and Emmanuelle won over others and thinks this was the right call. The discovery of the idea was the most important part here, bs showing it in human cells (which wasn't that hard afterwards).
- natechols 6y agoIt wasn't just that, it was the entire hype machine. Lots of schadenfreude going around today. I probably would have preferred they split the CRISPR award across chemistry and medicine prizes, but life isn't fair.
- fizixer 6y agoTwo wrongs making a right. I see.