ESSAY
"SARS: Killer Infectious Disease or High Potency Commercial Market?"
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Excerpt (first and last two sentences)
"Much
attention has been paid in recent months to the spread of SARS, or Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrome. The World Health Organization has designated China, Hong
Kong, and Toronto, Canada to be the most critical areas of infection....
...Many of the companies and scientists involved have made clear
statements that relay a sense of urgency in making patent filings that is
created by the possible economic opportunity that SARS related developments
offer. The contrast that results when one compares the statement of Salk with
the hundreds of patents related to SARS is a startling reminder of the
commercial direction that basic science is moving."