http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/ Here's my take on biotechnology Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:11:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-143133 Ricardo Vidal Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:49:14 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-143133 Not absolutely sure where I read that it was dubbed Synthia, but if you do a quick Google search for "Synthia +Venter" you'll find a bunch of other sources with that name. Not absolutely sure where I read that it was dubbed Synthia, but if you do a quick Google search for “Synthia +Venter” you’ll find a bunch of other sources with that name.

]]> http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-143132 harijay Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:38:33 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-143132 Just curious..who called it Synthia..the original article didnt seem to have that name? Just curious..who called it Synthia..the original article didnt seem to have that name?

]]> http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-59687 My Biotech Life » Sr. Anderson, mi genome es su genome! Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:14:44 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-59687 [...] while back I wrote about Synthia and now a recent article published in Science shows some more of the remarkable work being done at [...] [...] while back I wrote about Synthia and now a recent article published in Science shows some more of the remarkable work being done at [...]

]]> http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-25576 Rick Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:55:17 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-25576 So, basically they are trying to patent something that might not yet exist and by doing so, make the whole sandbox theirs to play with. So, basically they are trying to patent something that might not yet exist and by doing so, make the whole sandbox theirs to play with.

]]> http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-25529 Pedro Beltrao Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:39:26 +0000 http://my.biotechlife.net/2007/06/13/the-venter-institute-patenting-synthetic-life/#comment-25529 No step done that we know of. They did not actually show that they can make the bug. The patent is based on two papers where they did random transposon insertions to map (one by one) non essential genes. The claim of this invention is for a cell with the minimal set of genes required for life that, so far, has not been published or announced anywhere. What I dislike is not that they are trying to do this, is the patenting itself. It is so broad in wording that if by any chance they are able to uphold it in court it can really hinder any competition in synthetic biology. No step done that we know of. They did not actually show that they can make the bug. The patent is based on two papers where they did random transposon insertions to map (one by one) non essential genes. The claim of this invention is for a cell with the minimal set of genes required for life that, so far, has not been published or announced anywhere.
What I dislike is not that they are trying to do this, is the patenting itself. It is so broad in wording that if by any chance they are able to uphold it in court it can really hinder any competition in synthetic biology.

]]>