Thursday, December 18, 2014

EU's top court opens door to some stem cell patents

Piece of three-dimensional bone structure obtained from the own adipose stem cells of a patient is seen at Brussels' St Luc Hospital BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human embryo and may be patented, the European Union's top court said on Thursday, opening the door to certain stem cell patents in the European Union. The court made this judgment following a case brought by U.S. company International Stem Cell Corporation in Britain over whether it could patent processes covering the use of human egg cells. ...








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