Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really Is One

Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by zzalpha on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @12:19PM (#10807691)

Any insight into the source of those costs?

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Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by leeoniya on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @12:23PM (#10807719)

licensing the tech, plus no competition = charge what the market will bear

http://labiotech.eu/crispr-patent-war-end-discovery-new-edit...

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Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by zzalpha on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @12:46PM (#10807901)

So patents. That was going to be my guess.

So in 20 years it'll be pretty cheap. Meanwhile, China and other parts of the world that happily ignore patents will use the technology without restriction.

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Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by ultramancool on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @01:51PM (#10808330)

You're not even kidding, they've already been experimenting with it on human embryos and creating modified dog breeds. Have a look:

http://www.nature.com/news/chinese-scientists-genetically-mo...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11943103/Chinese-...

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Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by mentat on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @12:55PM (#10807979)

There's a common sci-fi theme about China being way ahead in the future. I've never heard a plausible explanation in book but ignoring patents is a really interesting angle.

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Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by CamperBob2 on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @04:38PM (#10809239)

That's how it always works. Early American industrialists weren't exactly diligent at paying royalties to British and continental European patent holders... and now it's China's turn to prosper by doing the same thing to us. More power to them.

Patents are a racket that governments run against their own people, exclusively for the benefit of a very few inventors and a whole lot of lawyers.

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Re:Gene Editing Tool Hailed as a Breakthrough, and It Really... by themartorana on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @02:04PM (#10808390)

"However, like every biotech revolution, there then follows a patent war."

But hey, continuing to do the same thing and expecting different results sounds like the righteous path.

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