Guest guest Posted November 16, 2011 Report Share Posted November 16, 2011 --- " " wrote: > > I was wondering, has anyone on here who suffers with ME/CFS seen the patent numbers for our disease? > I stumbled upon it the other day by accident. > > 'Germs patented by the U.S. government Linked to AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Gulf War syndrome, MS, cancers and Immune Neurodegenerative Diseases' Rae - Why are you asking? These are simply patents for procedures such as detecting the antibodies for these diseases in blood serum, or isolating the DNA or other elements of these organizations so their structure can be studied, or for methods of reproducing the organisms in culture so that scientists can test treatments on them. In at least one case you cited the patent is for a potential treatment procedure for one of these diseases - a very early stage to the development and testing process that eventually would have to take place before the treatment could be commercialized. I'm a scientist myself, and scientists have to protect their intellectual property using the patent system, so that companies can't steal their ideas and make money off those ideas without permission. They're not " patenting germs, " which makes it sound like they're creating new germs. That's not the case. Cheryl in AZ Moderator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2011 Report Share Posted November 17, 2011 Hi Cheryl, Many thanks for your reply. Its much appreciated. I was asking because i was interested. Love, Rae xxx > Why are you asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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