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Stem Cell Patents Stand

zogger
Sat Mar 22 13:59:36 -0700 2008
Genetic+Engineering.
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The US patent and trademark office has upheld stem cell patents held by the University of Wisconsin alumni association, or WARF. This means they control the "intellectual property rights" to that sort of research. The association cells vials of embryonic stem cells for $500 for academic research.

.."The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights and the Public Patent Foundation, which asked the patent office to throw out the patents in 2006, argued that their enforcement slowed U.S. stem cell research and drove some investment overseas."...more, getting sort of wonky when you can "own" things all humans are born with, there

cells vials

ehrichweiss
Sat Mar 22 15:51:05 -0700 2008
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...sells vials. I can understand the confusion with the homonym there.
cells vials
Uncle Entity
Sat Mar 22 17:37:58 -0700 2008
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I thought they incarcerate pre-humans for fun and profit...
Stem Cell Patents Stand
Mathinker
Mon Mar 24 04:59:57 -0700 2008
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Damn! I read the title wrong as "... Patients Stand" and was really hopeful for a report of the successful use of stem cells to repair spinal cord damage.
 

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