Category Archives: Stem Cells/Cloning

District Court Dismisses Stem Cell Ban Suit

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Warren Woessner

On July 27, in Sherley v. Sibelius, Judge Royce Lamberth reversed himself, and dismissed the 2010 lawsuit that initially led to a freeze on Government funding for human embryonic stem cell research, conducted under the terms of the 2009 NIH … Continue reading →

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Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Ban

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Warren Woessner

On April 29th, in Sherley v. Sebelius, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Cir., (a copy is available at the end of this post) overturned the injunction imposed by the district court, which had blocked the implementation of … Continue reading →

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Patent System Fosters Eugenics – What Next?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Warren Woessner

USA TODAY ran a provocative article yesterday (April 26, 2011) on the “dark past” of the respected journal Annals of Human Genetics, in which its editor, Andres Linares did a mea culpa for the role of the journal, founded in … Continue reading →

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One Step Towards an EJC Decision on the Patentability of Embryonic Stem Cells in Europe

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Warren Woessner

The following is a contribution from Verena Simpson PhD of Zacco Denmark A/S. On the 10 March 2011, the Advocates General of the European Court of Justice [ECJ] gave an opinion on the interpretation of Article 6(2)(c) of the Directive … Continue reading →

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