In 1980, a scientist who created a bacterium to help eat materials from an oil spill won a Supreme Court case to obtain a patent for his engineered bacteria. Skloot tells us that the patenting of biological materials was actually quite new at this time.Moore would need to fight Golde in court if he wanted to retain control of his own biological materials.Golde stood to make a lot of money on the patented line, which was why, after seven years, he was so desperate to have Moore sign the release form. Guess what? Golde had developed a cell line from Moore's tissues (called Mo) without his knowledge or consent.But they got in his face about it, so Moore sent the form to his lawyer for further investigation.Golde didn't like this one bit and Moore didn't want a confrontation with him, so he avoided his doctor's office when they called about the form.But the second time it was given to him, Moore had to think about it. He had no idea what this meant, and initially signed the form.Moore got super suspicious when he was given a form to sign that would waive any right that he or his heirs would have to a cell line developed from his tissues.Golde balked and told Moore that he'd pay all his expenses and put him up in a luxury hotel if he'd just come back to UCLA for follow up exams.But Moore got tired of traveling so far just to give samples of his fluids and tissues, so he told Golde that he wanted a local doctor to look after him from that point on.Moore did well after the surgery, and returned from Seattle to have checkups for the next seven years.After Moore signed a consent form for the cremation disposal of his tissues, Golde removed Moore's cancerous spleen. ![]() John Moore, a surveyor on the Alaska Pipeline, learned that he has a rare form of leukemia and went to David Golde at UCLA for treatment."Who Told You Could Sell My Spleen" (1976-1988)
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