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Gilbert also refuted the Globe'scharacterization of the patent system as a way of"looting" the public...

Author: By Renee J. Raphael, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Professors Partner With Cambridge Biotech Firms | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...patent system] is very effective with alimited social cost," Gilbert says. "The 10 yearsduring which you can charge what you will is shortcompared to the eternity [for which the public hasaccess to a scientist's invention]."File photoProfessor THOMAS P. MANIATIS...

Author: By Renee J. Raphael, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Professors Partner With Cambridge Biotech Firms | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

...regulating the result of a scientific inquiry and containing the inquiry itself. When society is concerned about a particular scientific outcome, it has a choice between preventing any research on the subject or only trying to control undesirable outcomes. Newman's position reflects the former approach. By seeking a patent that he will never use or license, New-man threatens to discourage any scientific investigation involving human/animal chimerical organisms...

Author: By Mattias S. Geise, | Title: Creating Chimeras | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...regulating the production of chimeras as closer study may demand and not abandoning this avenue of scientific pursuit as the spirit of Newman's patent advises, we raise the very distinct possibility of developing a more universally acceptable (and beneficial) middle ground...

Author: By Mattias S. Geise, | Title: Creating Chimeras | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

...Patent Office has the next move, making the difficult decision of where a line might be drawn on "commercial" life forms. But the debate should have begun elsewhere...

Author: By Mattias S. Geise, | Title: Creating Chimeras | 4/9/1998 | See Source »

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