Excelife wrote in message <6pe939$34t$1 at holly.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
>In article <35B91522.4EF0 at netcom.ca>, tmatth at netcom.ca says...
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>Contrary to what was said in a previous post in this thread, I fully
support
>the Patent System. I only wish these companies would utilyze it. This
system
>provides them with legal protection for their work and allows them to get a
>legitimate return on their investment while at the same time making the
>scientific data available to other researchers who can review the Patent
>application. Just why don't they patent this work?
Given enough time and research, they probably will eventually patent it.
>Or is there some other explanation for these cells ability to live beyond
>their "Hayflick Limit"?
Telomerase fixes that problem.
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