Re: Tyramide amplification- Recipe for Homemade Tyramide

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From:Mary Latimer <ml4@st-andrews.ac.uk>
To:"R.Wadley" <s9803537@pop3.unsw.edu.au>
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I agree wholeheartedly with you.
Mary Latimer 

On Mon, 22 May 2000, R.Wadley wrote:

> At 12:14 05/18/2000 EDT, TSAGURU@aol.com wrote:
> >The recent discourse on the Histonet concerning Catalyzed Reporter
> Deposition technology, commercially known as Tyramide Signal ....>
> 
> 	Dear TSAGURU@aol.com,
> 
> 	I'm sorry I don't get your arguement.  Just because some company files a
> patent means everybody else is forced to use that product? & is denied the
> opportunity to modify/improve the idea or its purpose?  Why can't any
> individual in any lab contribute to the body of knowledge of science
> through the advancement of an old idea into a new one?  Lets make this
> clear I'm saying information from a journal.  I'm not saying nip down to
> the patent office & use the patent information.  Frankly anybody who can
> make a method work from the information given in the Methods section of a
> journal article deserves a medal, its the first part of a paper to be
> minimised.
> 
> 	What is the point of publishing anything at all if the knowledge cannot be
> used by the scientific community?  I thought the whole idea about
> publishing was to let other scientists see what you were doing & if they
> can, comment, improve, or disprove it.  You seem to be saying that this
> whole process goes out the window if some commercial company claims a
> patent.  As far as I am concerned if there is information published in a
> journal, ie public knowledge, why can't I access & use this knowledge?  OK,
> if I use that knowledge to create a product for my commercial benefit,
> thats wrong.  But, if I use the idea, & acknowledge my sources, & improve
> the idea or use the idea in a better way, whats the hassle, haven't I
> expanded scientific knowledge?  
> 
> 	My 2 cents worth
> 
> 	Regards
> 
> 	Rob W.
> R. Wadley, B.App.Sc. M.L.S, Grad.Dip.Sc.MM
> Laboratory Manager
> Cellular Analysis Facility
> School of Microbiology & Immunology
> UNSW, New South Wales, Australia, 2052
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