Gthanson

advice

You need to write like an encyclopedia article, not a press release--don't praise yourself, say what you do. And, do not copy from a web site as I suspect [[BacMan may be -- first it's a copyright violation, but, even if you give us permission according to WP:DCM, the tone will not be encyclopedic and the material will not be suitable. For further information see our FAQ about businesses, organizations, and articles like this. Also note our information on conflict of Interest. I'd suggest you emphasise the review articles among the references, and give some actual evidence as to the wide use., I advise you to improve this article very quickly, before the article gets deleted by a regular deletion process. I made a suggestion for renaming--has the term become standard by authors unconected with the developed and the company? Incidentally, our manual of style prescribes that we do not use the TM symbol. DGG ( talk ) 19:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

Edits

Thank you for the advice. I hope I have addressed all of your concerns. Please take a look at the changes and note that the term BacMam is used in dozens of scientific articles to describe the baculovirus-mediated gene transfer to mammalian cells. I have removed any TM symbols. I have also emphasized the review articles written about BacMam. I have also tried my best to write this article from a non-biased, non-advertisement standpoint, however this is my first WP page so I'm sure I have a lot to learn. Lastly please suggest further changes so that I can make this a well written WP page. ThanksGthanson (talk) 21:00, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

good work so far. The next step is to rewrite the lists in paragraph format, and ask me to look again. That format in this context is unfortunately characteristic of publicity Sometimes it is unavoidable, but I think it can be managed here. As a final point of style, add the PMID for all the articles. DGG ( talk ) 23:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Final Edits

I have gone through the article and changed the bulleted lists to paragraphs as per your advice. I have also added PMID and DOI designations for all article references. Please remove neutrality statement or suggest further edits. Thank you so much for your help with this wiki page.--Gthanson (talk) 01:15, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

comments

I apologize for not getting back sooner.

How is this system different from Baculovidus Gene Expression Systems? Is it

1. a trademark for the system
2. a trademark for one particular modification of the system?

I notice the patent you cite does not include the word BacMam, though it mentions other commercial systems-- and in any case the relevant patent would seem more to be 4,879,236 and 5,871,986, which do not have Boyce as an inventor. The patent you do cite, 6,534,067, seems to relate only to the variation by using an rotavirus adjuvant. Is BacMam the system using this particular adjuvant?

Wikipedia does not have an article on Baculovirus Gene expression system. Perhaps we need one under that title., in which case the present article would need to be modified, as I see no indication that BacMam is the most widely used of the available commercial systems. Our normal course in such a case would be to not mention any of the commerical systems. DGG ( talk ) 13:50, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I just did what I should have done long ag,o checked in pubmed: BacMam, 24 results. "Baculovirus gene transfer", 511. The name seems to be advertising for a specific product or system only. I'm still puzzled why the applicable patents do not list Boyce as an inventor. DGG ( talk ) 01:11, 16 January 2010 (UTC)