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Can a virus be patented?
Posted on 2/6/16 at 6:13 am
Posted on 2/6/16 at 6:13 am
Rockefeller Foundation owns patent rights of Zika Virus.
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Of significance, the Zika virus is a commodity which can be purchased online from the ATCC-LGC for 599 euros, with royalties accruing to the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Posted on 2/6/16 at 7:49 am to LSU1NSEC
It depends. Is the virus found naturally in nature, or is it a virus that has to be created in a lab. If found naturally, then no (would be like patenting an animal you discover then). If created in a lab / not created n nature naturally, then yes it is patentable. It is a little more complicated then this, but this is the basics
Posted on 2/6/16 at 1:44 pm to Col Reb is my mascot
So Zika is a manmade virus?
Posted on 2/6/16 at 4:34 pm to Pavoloco83
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So Zika is a manmade virus?
Don't know. I didn't even know you could patent a virus.
Posted on 2/6/16 at 4:39 pm to Pavoloco83
a man made virus? Are y'all for real?
Posted on 2/6/16 at 8:03 pm to LSU1NSEC
So this virus that is deforming babies, this company is making money selling it?
Hang all the frickers.
Hang all the frickers.
Posted on 2/6/16 at 8:30 pm to PrivatePublic
Not sure what's going on with zika. Tdap vaccine is also suspected of causing the birth defects but nothing's been proven yet. Strange story.
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Posted on 2/7/16 at 1:48 pm to LSU1NSEC
The virus isn't patented, they just sell it.
The ATCC is a central repository for biological materials including bacteria, human cell lines, and viruses. Where do you think scientists get the material to study pathogens, they buy them.
Now I can't speak to the royalties part but the guy listed was probably the first to isolate it and then deposited with the ATCC. He worked with the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research.
The ATCC is a central repository for biological materials including bacteria, human cell lines, and viruses. Where do you think scientists get the material to study pathogens, they buy them.
Now I can't speak to the royalties part but the guy listed was probably the first to isolate it and then deposited with the ATCC. He worked with the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research.
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