Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 12:28:34 +0530
From: Subbiah Arunachalam
Friends in Genomics:
Here is some news you may find interesting.
Arun
MSSrf, Chennai
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Celera to make genomic data OA
Andrew Pollack, Celera to Quit Selling Genome Information, New York Times,
April 27, 2005. (Requires registration.) Excerpt: "Celera Genomics, which
raced with the publicly financed Human Genome Project to decipher the
human DNA sequence, has decided to abandon the business of selling genetic
information. The company said yesterday that it was discontinuing its
genome database subscription business and putting the information into the
public domain." The article reports that the company will deposit the data
in a federally-run database, but does not specify which. Craig Venter,
former leader of Celera, is quoted: "Moving the Celera data into the
public domain is something I have been strongly in favor of, and I feel it
sets a good precedent for companies who are sitting on gene and genome
data sets that have little or no commercial value, but would be of great
benefit to the scientific community."
