NewsBlog: Europe rejects stem cell patent Posted by Andrea Gawrylewski [Entry posted at 1st December 2008 04:25 PM GMT] The European Patent Office (EPO) issued its final ruling last week rejecting a much-contested embryonic stem cell patent -- a decision that will likely be cheered by researchers and jeered by biotechs. The patent covered technology developed by James Thomson, a University of Wisconsin researcher, to culture primate embryonic stem cells derived from pre-implantation embryos. In last week's ruling, the EPO upheld a previous decision, made last... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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