greenpeace challenges german stem cell patent
According to The Scientist, Greenpeace has filed an opposition to the granting of a German patent on stem cells.
The organization filed a notice of opposition with the German Patent Office on Wednesday (October 20) against a patent granted in May to Oliver Br�stle from the University of Bonn. The patent covers a cell culture method related to a process for deriving neural cells from embryonic stem cells.
The reasons Greenpeace have given for challenging the patent grant include:
"Researchers do not need to file a patent," Greenpeace stem cell expert Christoph Then told The Scientist. "People who file a patent do so because they see business opportunities, but the commercial exploitation of human embryonic stem cells is banned."
If you are interested the stem cell patent application, from which the German patent was issued, can be found here.
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This is only a quarter of the original documentary. It's about stem cell patent for which Dr. Schatten stole the technology from Dr. Hwang.
---------http://www.indepth60min.co.uk ------------
----- (click here, you can see Dr. Schatten stole Dr. Hwang's know-how and patent.
There are plot against Dr. Hwang.
many of korean believe Dr. Hwang didn't fake the paper in2004. He exgagerated the photos only by his colaborates.