Google - AFP, 13 June 2013
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A tour
group of young children walk out of the US Supreme Court, on
June 10, 2013 in
Washington, DC (Getty Images/AFP/File, Mark Wilson)
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WASHINGTON
— Naturally occurring human gene sequences cannot be patented but artificially
copied and replicated DNA can be, the US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.
"A
naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible
merely because it has been isolated but DNA is patent eligible because it is
not naturally occurring," the court ruled.
The nine
justices reviewed a 2012 appeals court decision that allowed a biotechnology
company, Myriad Genetics Inc, to patent two genes it found had links to breast
and ovarian cancer.
A coalition
of associations representing some 150,000 researchers, doctors and patients,
asked the nation's top court to overturn the decision, as it stopped them from
doing further work and research with the patented genes.
"Today,
the court struck down a major barrier to patient care and medical
innovation," said Sandra Park, senior staff attorney with the American
Civil Liberties Union.
Nearly 20
percent of identified human genes are currently under patent, some of which are
associated with Alzheimer's disease or other cancers.
These
patents are sometimes owned by private companies but also by universities and
research institutes concerned with keeping them in the public domain to prevent
companies from seizing them.
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Kryon Q&A
Question: Dearest Kryon: I've read the question and answer on people with diseases of the mind - for example, Alzheimers and dementia. But I have more questions. You say that people have chosen this path and that the lessons are for us. As I work with these people, I'm wondering if there is any stage where there could be a reversal of the condition, and if so, with what methods? The people in the hostel are so drugged up, and there's a mind-set with the authorities that no "alternate" therapies work - although they're using colored lights. (Sadly, the diversional therapist told me she doesn't know what color therapy is.)
Question: Dearest Kryon: I've read the question and answer on people with diseases of the mind - for example, Alzheimers and dementia. But I have more questions. You say that people have chosen this path and that the lessons are for us. As I work with these people, I'm wondering if there is any stage where there could be a reversal of the condition, and if so, with what methods? The people in the hostel are so drugged up, and there's a mind-set with the authorities that no "alternate" therapies work - although they're using colored lights. (Sadly, the diversional therapist told me she doesn't know what color therapy is.)
From a spiritual point of view, what is the best way to work with these people - talk to them as though they were normal, or go along with their imaginings? I've been told that they need to be kept quiet, especially toward evening. However, I've found that with one woman who mostly paces saying very little, the more childlike I am (dancing and singing makes her happy), the more she talks. I could go on and on - could you please enlighten me further?
Answer: I will answer the second part first. Love those who are in this condition. Find out what makes them smile... and then make them smile. The best you can do in a facilitation of this condition is to somehow create joy. Even in their confusion they can laugh at situations and be creative. They'll also remember you better as the one who creates this emotion. Each is very different, but in general, try to find their "happy" button and push it as often as you can. They will remember that.
Right now you're perched upon some important discoveries that will be able to reverse these conditions to a large degree. But just as the paraplegic who regains their nerve connections must than relearn how to walk, suffering much pain, there will be this attribute with a regeneration of the mind. Even if new cells are created, they won't necessarily have the old memories, but they can be trained to be healthy and be ready for new memories.
So someday these will have the ability to halt the progress of the degeneration of cells that are being taken, and instead grow new pathways around them. Some will be able to "reconnect" to certain kinds of memories (like recognition) but will have to relearn what the association of recognition actually means. So history and events might have to be studied and relearned... sometimes even things like reading, also. The pain will be that the individual will regain mental health and will realize exactly what has happened.
Your stem-cell research is very important, and you're reaching a point where you'll be able to use birth cells that aren't embryonic, but every bit as potent for research... thereby sidestepping all moral issues. Look for this in the next few years.
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