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In any given week, about four dozen kids visit Dr. David Abramson’s preschool-like clinic at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. And while most of them are barely old enough to speak, because of Dr. Abramson and the groundbreaking medical procedure he has created for a rare and potentially deadly eye cancer called retinoblastoma, they can see.

In the past, if the cancer didn’t respond well to then-available treatments, survival required removing the cancerous eye. The parents, however, will often choose to let their children die with their eyes intact rather than live without them.

“This was a transformational change in our field,” says Dr. Abramson, who began using the technique in 2006. “Overnight, we went from taking out children’s eyes to not taking out children’s eyes.”

But there’s an aspect of the technique that Dr. Abramson doesn’t talk about much, even though it is as inspirational as the technique itself. He refused to patent it. Pursuing a patent, he feared, would have meant the technique would be kept secret for a long period of time while the paperwork was approved by the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office. In the meantime, untold numbers of children would have suffered and perhaps died.

Patent experts wouldn’t make a guess on exactly how much money Dr. Abramson left on the Table by not patenting his procedure. But the purpose of a medical procedure patent is that it allows a doctor to profit by teaching others to perform the procedure.

“I want people to know that when I do something, it’s from my scientific heart, not because I have any financial benefit,” he says. “And ultimately, our goal is to help children. Our driving force in this is not to make money. ”

1. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Eyes.B.Parents.
C.Children.D.Treatments.
2. Why didn’t Dr. Abramson get the technique patented?
A.He feared that the technique might be kept secret forever.
B.He didn’t like the idea of teaching others about the technique.
C.The application process meant many sufferings and even deaths.
D.The application process would require too much money and time.
3. What is the author’s purpose in writing this article?
A.To introduce an eye cancer.
B.To give credit to Dr. Abramson.
C.To recommend an evolutionary cure.
D.To show the difficulty of a patent application.

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