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...Gilbert, who left Harvard in 1981 to head one of the first biotechnology firms to exploit genetic engineering techniques, claims his company can do the job and turn a profit at the same time. He estimates that his "moderately sized bio firm" would require 300 scientists working over a period of 10 years at a cost of $300 million. The only problem, Gilbert says, is "how to make money while the research is going...
...recoup his investment and time, Gilbert has proposed a novel way to sell scientific work which has important ramifications for university research; he believes he has the legal right to copyright his discoveries and sell them. Much like Dow Jones sells its stock quoting service to stockbrokers, Gilbert would place his genetic map in a large computer database and charge pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies an access...
...They can use the information, they just can't turn around and sell it again," Gilbert says. However clients could sift through Genome's DNA map to discover the genetic cause for a disorder and develop a cure for it, he says...
Critics say that Gilbert's copyright ideas could transform campus-based research by increasing the profit motive for professors. The free exchange of information would be restricted as scholars worry about protecting their discoveries from competitors. And connections between professors and the companies that develop their finds would tighten the ties between universities and industries, which critics fear will threaten academic freedom...
...Gilbert believes such fears are unfounded. "NIH spends $7 billion a year. This project is still small compared to the research done in this country," he says...