Day 27

Today the Supreme Court handed down a decision about the ownership of human genes.  Their decision that it cannot be owned is a two sided sword.  On the one hand it will open up research on the genes that cause breast cancer to look for a cure.  On the other hand the big businesses that require a whole lot of money to isolate what the gene does my not be willing to do the research needed to isolate a diseased gene.  This leaves the people that are sick stuck in the middle.  When there is a conflict of interest like this then is when we need the government to step in to help fix this by finding maybe some compromise or other solution for this problem.  There are two ways that this could be handled.  The first would be to allow a sort of temporary patient to the ones who isolate the gene and what it does first.  This would make sort of a race happen to find the genes and could be a good solution for all to solve this problem.  The other solution is that the government provides the money for the research and this does not motivate the market to finish the research quickly.  Why find the gene when it will put you out of a job.  Not to mention that the Tea Party will go crazy to be funding something else.  For me I would much rather see my money go this way then to the war machine that looks for new ways to kill people.  We could use both ways to allow for the fastest research and the government would hold the patients on the genes that were discovered by their people.  This of course would force business to hire the best people for the most money in order to get the most isolated genes.  This process could have the best results for the people in the long run due to moving the process along faster.  Basic research that needs to happen for the good of all people is a way that the government can make jobs for those with a high skill level and education.  Perhaps we could drop a note to the leaders of our country and have them start to make a bill to fund this much needed research and create these jobs.