Comments on: Selling out your DNA

By: Mayra Ramirez

Mayra Ramirez — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:40:28 +0000

It is definitely not ethical for only one company to hold the knowledge or information about the genome. Sometimes companies just can’t be trusted; I mean look at Enron. This one company could partake in manipulation and deception, placing patients in danger.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:31:26 +0000

This is definitely not a great idea….
The healthcare could greatly suffer due to the secrecy of a genome and the ability of scientists and such to experiment with a gene.
This could lead to lack of new ideas and the complete waste of an otherwise, possibly great idea to work with a genome.
We are limiting ourselves by applying “ownership” of these genes.

By: Andrea Grbavac

Andrea Grbavac — Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:57 +0000

Although it would be great it companies and organizations learned to set aside their lust for wealth and instead were more noble in terms of which types aspirations were involved in the reaching of their goals, this is just not plausible. Like Devon said, if people weren’t greedy, there’d be no drive to accomplish anything. Ambition is ambition, no matter the underlying motivation, and in the end, it brings about success and advancement.

By: Lauren Miller

Lauren Miller — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:57:04 +0000

I agree with the supreme court case decision on patenting genes. That scientist discovered the gene and I think they have the right to do what they want with the gene they created. I think it is in their best interest to share the genes with other scientists so that knowledge can be spread about the gene and possible scientific advancements.

By: Melyssa Son

Melyssa Son — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:37:56 +0000

I think that the only way that a company should be able to patent a gene is if they came up with the sequence uniquely, and did not splice it from genes from other species. Of course, that kind of skill is still way out there in the future, but I believe with the help of computers, man may someday be able to predict protein shapes and create entirely unique genes. These have the right to be patented.

By: Anudeep Dasaraju

Anudeep Dasaraju — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:37:09 +0000

So i say if people are willing to make DNA and profit from it… heck people have already started making bio-engineered animals, why not take it a step further and maybe help a few people.. I say, whats the worst that could happen.