Do you think there is any money in virus testing,
using modern PCR techniques? I do lots of PCR in my job (mouse tissue, not
plant, but PCR is PCR), and have an extensive collection of orchids. I've
wondered how many of my plants are virused, but don't have the money to test
them.
If I thought there was a reasonable market for
PCR-based virus testing, I think it would be fun to set up a part of my lab for
the purpose (and work something out with the University on profit
sharing). If there were somegrant money available somewhere to get
things started, that would make it more likely to happen. Any thoughts out
there?
Jim Marchand
Ashland, MA, growing cattleyas,
laelias, paphs,phrags and phals.
" Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 16:04:48
+From: "K Barrett" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject:
Re: [OGD] Viruses againTo: orchids@orchidguide.comMessage-ID:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"Thanks to Terry Glancy and Robert Bedard
for their information in the last digest. Its nice to know how virulent
these viruses are. I'm glad someone is going forward with PCR protocols in
virus testing. I imagine the stumbling block to expanding this to other viruses
is getting the infrastructure in place. I'm always the entrepreneur, and
wonder if this could become a cottage industry for retired science hobbyists, or
forward thinking grad students. Heck, better yet, an underpaid tech with
delusions of grandeur. *G*. (Nah, its probably prohibited in Genetech's
employment contracts) Maybe there'd be some grant money out there for
research into identification isolation of other plant viruses.
Anybody know J Craig Ventner personally? Maybe he'd take time away from
his current project to elucidate the DNA sequences for all 40 plant
viruses. http://www.sorcerer2expedition.org/version1/HTML/main.htm"I
got vision and the rest of the world's wearing bifocals"Butch
Cassidy BarrettN Calif, USA"
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