hi all

At 22:52 2001/04/13 -0700, Murray Charters wrote to me:
>On 13 Apr 2001, at 10:50, janet paterson wrote:
>> to you, mr charters, media mechanic,
>> i say
>> yowsa!
>> my sniffer goes on the alert
>> around 'press releases' aka 'public relations' aka PR
>> imho,
>> the key is frequently 'follow the money'
>> or 'who paid what for this to be published here?"
>> my health is a non-profit enterprise
>> my education is a non-profit enterprise
>> healthcare belongs to all of us
>> science belongs to all of us
>> janet
>
>Yep jp, definitely follow the money.....
>
>This from Reuters....
>
>New Jersey Company Gathers Stem Cells From Placentas
>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 12  - A New Jersey company has
>announced that it can harvest stem cells from a controversy-free source:
> the human placenta.
>Anthrogenesis Corp., of Cedar Knolls, announced Wednesday that it
>has been able to collect 10 times as many stem cells from a placenta as
>can be gathered from an umbilical cord. The 3-year-old company has a
>proprietary technology for removing blood from the placenta, sustaining
>the organ in the laboratory and then recovering the cells several hours
>or days later.
>Placenta-derived cells have the same cell-surface molecules as other
>stem cells used in research, the company's chief scientific officer, Dr.
>Robert J. Hariri, told Reuters Health. Dr. Hariri invented the harvesting
>technology. While the company has not yet published any information
>on the stem cells, he said, it expects to do so within "a few months."
>The company issued a press release rather than waiting to publish its
>research, Dr. Hariri said, because of the great need for alternative stem-
>cell sources. He commented that the company is looking for
>collaborators who could help speed up the research and development
>process.
>Dr. Hariri and his colleagues are now engaged in determining placenta
>stem cells' potential for differentiation. Anthrogenesis is working with
>other organizations to test the cells in the treatment of amyotrophic
>lateral sclerosis and some cancers, and in other types of regenerative
>medicine, Dr. Hariri said.
>
>Copyright © 2000 Reuters Ltd.
>
>"He commented that the company is looking for collaborators who could
>help speed up the research and development process."  and they sure
>got a bundle of publicity from a press release....  I think I know why they
>didn't wait for peer review etc.     .........   murray
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yup,
not to mention their 'proprietary technology'
and
maybe?
as a knee-jerk response to the 'fat as a source for stem cells'
announcement...

i notice all of the pd research awards are going to universities.

hmm, i wonder where the word university comes from?

hmm, i wonder if "E=mc2" was a 'proprietary' discovery?

hmm, i wonder whether Newton collected any royalties on his apple discovery?

hmm, i wonder where the word 'dis-covery' aka dys-covery' comes from?

hmm, i wonder if mc would mind my posting this to the list?

naaah!


janet
perennially nosy

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