From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 11:42:41 MDT
--- Brett Paatsch <bpaatsch@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> "...with all the "obvious" organisms--including the
> human, the
> mouse, and the rat--now sequenced, or nearly so, the
> genetics
> community and NHGRI, its principal funder, are
> weighing how
> to proceed. The country's three massive sequencing
> centers,
> fearful of becoming mere factories churning out base
> after base,
> are lobbying to preserve influence in choosing which
> organisms
> to sequence and analyzing the genetic data they
> produce.
> Scientists who mobilized around beloved animals,
> from the
> honeybee to the chicken, and won them a spot in the
> sequencing
> queue are now wondering what they will target next.
I can imagine a researcher merely 15 years ago who, if
you described this situation, would respond, "To
*have* such problems..."
It is an issue that needs dealing with. But it's also
a rose worth smelling. ^_^
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