The paths around stem cell intellectual property

Nat Biotechnol. 2006 Apr;24(4):411-3. doi: 10.1038/nbt0406-411.

Authors

Kenneth S Taymor¹, Christopher Thomas Scott, Henry T Greely

Affiliation

¹ Stanford University Program on Stem Cells in Society, Stanford University, 701 Welch Road, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA. ktaymor@stanford.edu

PMID: 16601720
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0406-411

Abstract

Can new approaches for deriving human stem cells circumnavigate existing patents that dominate embryonic stem cell intellectual property?

MeSH terms

Embryo Research / legislation & jurisprudence*
Ownership / legislation & jurisprudence*
Patents as Topic / legislation & jurisprudence*
Stem Cell Transplantation / legislation & jurisprudence*
Stem Cells*
United States