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and compare to Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vacine, who while being interviewed by Edward R. Murrow in 1955, was asked: "Who owns the patent on this vaccine?" Surprised by the question's assumption of the requirement of a profit motive for his creation, he responded: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?" linda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk -- Rick McGirr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I thought it was a ridiculous idea when the people who mapped the human genome tried to patent their work so that only their corporation could use this very important knowledge, and only they would, of course, be able to profit from its use. Some things are better left un-commercialized. Enjoy! Rick McGirr -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of schild.m Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:37 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: EU regulators say 'no' to embryonic stem cell patents > this is bad news not really. It doesn't mean you cannot do reseach but cannot patent human 'parts' like genes maryse ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn