Word: lederal
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...patent office last week granted exclusive marketing rights to Harvard for a genetically altered strain of mice designed by Andrus Professor of Genetics Philip Leder '56. Although the new breed of mice was created for cancer research, the patent office's decision has come under attack by some members of Congress, who charge it has preempted congressional debate on the ethics of patenting animals...
Last week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for a new form of genetically-altered mouse created by Harvard Professor of Genetics Phillip Leder '56. The mutant mouse develops cancer at an extremely high rate and supposedly will be of great help to medical researchers...
Given these facts, it becomes difficult to trust the conclusions of Professor Leder's research. An altered mouse is still a mouse--it cannot get leukemia from benzene, while humans can. Why then should anyone believe that cancer research results received from mice should apply to humans...
...School Genetics Department, chaired by Dr. Philip Leder, occupies four floors of the new building. Leder's research currently focusses on the role genes play in causing cancer...
...Leder will present a lecture on "Misplaced Genes" that will touch on his research as part of the Research Lectures for Non-Specialists series in Science Center B beginning at 8 p.m. tonight...