Stem cell patenting in Europe - the twilight zone
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Stem cell patenting in Europe - the twilight zone
Controversy often follows when patents are obtained in a pioneering area of technology. Patent filing activity in the field of regenerative medicine and in relation to stem cells in particular has not escaped opprobrium, although it is instructive to compare the nature of the debates that are taking place over the patenting of stem cells in the US and Europe. In the US, debate over the early pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genomics, Society and Policy
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1746-5354
DOI: 10.1186/1746-5354-4-3-1