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Broad Institute maintains patents to Gene Scissors in the US

By Joanna Applequist | Posted on February 17, 2017

The CRISPR-Cas9 technology, the so called “gene scissors” which allow for targeted genome-editing, is subject to a patent dispute between two research teams lead by Jennifer Doudna at UC Berkeley and Emanuelle Charpentier then at the University of Vienna on one hand, and Feng Zhang’s lab at the Broad Institute and MIT on the other....

Tags: cas9, crispr, crispr-cas9

An attempt to clarify what an embryo is

By Joanna Applequist | Posted on July 1, 2013

What is really meant by the term ”human embryo” as used in Article 6(2)(c) of the Biotech Directive (98/44/EC)? Are parthenotes to be considered as embryos and what is meant by “capable of commencing the process of development to a human being”? Following an appeal by International Stem Cell Corporation (“ISCC”) against a decision that...

Tags: Article 6(2)(c) of Directive 98/44/EC, embryo, Human embryo

“There is so much more to learn …” – first report from our Specialist programme

By Joanna Applequist | Posted on October 14, 2011

It is peculiar how all of a sudden all news media and even friends and family seem to discuss patents and intellectual property rights… Samsung vs. Apple (R.I.P. Steve Jobs), America Invents Act and EU-patents. Perhaps it is because when you start to work within a new field, you tune in things that used to...

Tags: awapatent, eu-patents, specialist programme, technology

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