He says basic scientists are free to inspect the pathway, but that Ariad expects a "reasonable royalty" for commercially available drugs that impact NF-kappa-B.
The recitation of facts is too basic for real scientists and too relentless for casual learners.
To prevent infection, scientists suggest basic hygiene: Keep your hands away from your eyes, nose and mouth, and wash your hands often.
Biotechnology companies patent genes, the very stuff of life, while scientists worry that this risks compromising basic research.
But CVT's scientists argued that they had done basic science that showed their drug's effect on heart rhythms was not harmful at all.
Myron Atkin, professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, says scientists like Hawkins pushed teaching toward basic research, and away from the practical orientation that they felt was holding science education back.
Working in close collaboration with gynecologist Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988, Dr. Edwards overcame entrenched political and religious hostility, as well as the disapproval of many other scientists at the time, to pioneer the basic techniques of human embryology that led to the birth of the first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978.
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So far, it appears that scientists who start companies don't lose interest in basic research.
"The consortium see the mouse genome as the sort of basic, pre-competitive resource that should be available to all scientists, without restriction, in order to assure that the potential of the human genome is realised as rapidly as possible, " a spokesperson told BBC News Online.
This could uncover basic truths about the brain and, researchers say, may eventually help scientists better understand disorders of communication, such as autism.
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But because it's not always profitable for companies to invest in basic research, throughout our history our government has provided cutting- edge scientists and inventors with the support that they need.
In what appears to be an early proof-of-concept for DNA computing, scientists at Columbia University and the University of New Mexico have created a basic computer, called the MAYA-II, which has a molecular array of YES and AND logic gates made up of 100 DNA circuits.
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