Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...experiment in the lab gone awry with 50-ft. white mice rampaging godzilla-like through our cities, or about cancer genes that go wild, communicating the disease and wiping out huge segments of the population. Such things simply are not in the realm of possiblity in terms of genetic research...
...America's cities may sound ridiculous, but it is irrational fears such as this that the staff falls prey to. The staff would halt scientists from using genetically-engineered animals until a morality discussion between Congress and the general public could take place. They forget that this would delay research into our deadliest disease, cancer, and the discovery of a cure that could save many lives...
...only will congressional interference entangle important research in the bureaucracy, it smacks of a demagogic desire to enforce public morality over private enterprise in the absence of any clear and present danger...
Revoking the patent for the mouse would cause severe harm to medical science. An important financial incentive that drives biotechnology research in academia and industry would be removed. The money that goes to the doctor and to Harvard is not expected to amount to all that much--but it does repay the researcher for his time and effort and the University for its facilities. And this is money that would be plowed back into research work and laboratory facilities in the cause of medical science...
...Several years ago, after intense debate in Congress, the universities, and the media, the federal government decided to allow the patenting of small microorganisms. The nation's policy has already approved of granting ownership to man-made forms of life. Must the Congress demand a damaging pause in scientific research every time a different organism is patented, whether it be a virus, mouse, or worm...