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Spurred on by visions of potentially huge financial rewards, and by the work of Mark S. Ptashne, professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, whose lab is doing pioneering recombinant DNA research with much-heralded interferon, discussions began...
When it is invaded by a foreign substance-a virus or bacterium, say, or even the cells from a donated kidney or blood transfusion-the healthy body quickly mobilizes the immune system for a counterattack. Among the forces sent into combat are antibodies, tiny molecular missiles that attach themselves to the intruder's surface and help destroy the invader. They are highly efficient and selective; each antibody is so exquisitely designed that it matches up precisely with only one site on the invader or antigen, almost as if it were a key fitting into a lock...
...having ideas stolen, or at least with an assurance of legal recourse if they are. But others fear that just the opposite will happen: that scientists will be cautious about sharing information, long an essential part of the scientific process. Warns M.I.T.'s Jonathan A. King, a molecular biologist: "Now you have the prospect of keeping a strain [of bacteria] out of circulation until you have the patents." Wolfgang Joklik, chairman of Duke University's department of microbiology and immunology, wants to see scientists rewarded for what they do. But he adds with concern, "I just...
...interested in them. I think that's a very good sign," Rosovsky says. He adds that "it's obvious that the Faculty knows I'm interested in this, so they're more likely to talk to me about their Core courses than they are about their courses in molecular biology...
...School of Public Health also went international by appointing Dr. John Cairns--a prominent molecular biologist and director of the Mill Hill Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, England--to be a professor of Microbiology...