I imagine that the hEbola virus is build, and not a natural variant... Just make a similar one and you get around the patent
I suspect that some of the claims are not defendable since it is not clear enough for replication ... especially (5) which is not self evident but is a process in itself. anyway someone can patent a way to make a hEbola attenuated in a better, more easy, innovative way. 2014-10-02 14:30 GMT+02:00 Charles Francis <fran...@datacomm.ch>: > Seems the human-infectious form of Ebola was patented back in 2010 by a US > government lab (CDC): http://www.google.com/patents/CA2741523A1?cl=en > > > > Claims: > > > > 1. An isolated hEbola virus comprising a nucleic acid molecule... > > > > 2. An isolated hEbola virus having Centers for Disease Control Deposit > Accession No. > > 200706291. > > > > And likewise any vaccine that might be forthcoming: > > > > 3. The hEbola virus of any one of claims 1 or 2 which is killed. > > > > 4. The hEbola virus of claim 1 which is an attenuated hEbola virus. > > > > 5. The virus of claim 4 wherein at least one property of the attenuated > hEbola virus is reduced from among infectivity, replication ability, > protein synthesis ability, assembling ability or cytopathic effect. > > > > > > *From:* James Bowery [mailto:jabow...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Mittwoch, 1. Oktober 2014 01:08 > *To:* vortex-l > *Subject:* [Vo]:Off Topic: "Flu" Season > > > > Sorry but since none of the usual "policy experts" want to touch this with > a ten-foot poll, it is shaping up to have some features in common with > other civilization-impacting failures of "policy experts" with which this > list is all-too familiar: > > Early symptoms of Ebola are "flu-like" and it is contagious during these > "flu-like" symptoms. Now ... consider the fact that flu season is upon us. > But you know what's _really_ frightening about this? Not one of the goddamn > idiot "authorities" has even mentioned, let alone assessed, this > confounding situation's impact on public health containment measures. > > > > Now THAT'S frightening! > > Read the CDC's guidelines on monitoring and movement of persons with > "exposure" > <http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/monitoring-and-movement-of-persons-with-exposure.html>and > tell me their guidelines work for a country in the throes of massive > incidence of "flu-like symptoms". >
