Business briefs: UW stem-cell patents, Baraboo Bankcorporation, Yahoo takeover Wisconsin State Journal Mon, 21 Jul 2008 5:37 PM PDT STEM-CELL RESEARCH Wisconsin patent challenged again Two consumer groups have filed an appeal with the U.S. Patent Office's Board of Appeals in a continuing dispute over stem-cell patents held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation. Consumer Watchdog, formerly known as The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, of Santa Monica, Calif., and the Public Patent Foundation, of New York ... | Dolly's Creator Moves Away from Cloning and Embryonic Stem Cells [Scientific American Magazine] Scientific American Mon, 21 Jul 2008 9:24 PM PDT Sitting by the window of a posh coastal hotel in Half Moon Bay, Calif., wearing a baby-blue sweater and khakis, Ian Wilmut doesn't project the image of a scientist who pulled off one of the most dramatic experiments in modern biology. When he and his collaborators unveiled Dolly the cloned sheep in 1997, they ignited the embryonic stem cell research field, struck awe in the public and set off a ... | Legal Fight Over Stem Cell Patent Heads Into New Round San Diego Business Journal Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:37 AM PDT Two taxpayer advocacy groups said July 18 that they had filed an appeal with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office challenging the University of Wisconsin's rights to all embryonic stem cells used for research in the United States. | Group wants looser limits on stem cells Livingston County Daily Press & Argus Mon, 21 Jul 2008 2:05 AM PDT Michigan voters could be next to decide the fate of embryonic stem cell research if a proposal submitted by advocates to curtail restrictions is added to the Nov. 4 ballot. | Governor Corzine in Israel to Examine Stem-Cell Research KYW News Radio 1060 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 4:05 AM PDT Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey is in Israel to explore the commercial opportunities that exist within the burgeoning Israeli economy, and the scientific research being done in Israeli universities and high-tech enterprises. | Windsor-area dad meets his stem cell donor C-Health Mon, 21 Jul 2008 7:19 AM PDT In a farmer's field in the middle of nowhere, with a crowd cheering and his friends beaming, he finally met the stranger who saved his life almost three years ago. | Is It Time to Give Up on Therapeutic Cloning? A Q&A with Ian Wilmut [Features] Scientific American Mon, 21 Jul 2008 9:24 PM PDT Ian Wilmut, famed for creating Dolly the cloned sheep, announced recently that he is abandoning the technique to concentrate on a popular new approach: making induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. Such cells would get around the ethical and legal issues surrounding embryonic stem cell work, of which cloning, or somatic cell nuclear transfer, has been an integral part. For the Insights story, ... | | |
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