Embryonic Stem Cell Patents European Patent Law and Ethics |
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| Editor:
| Plomer, Aurora
Torremans, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-954346-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $375.41AUD $477.00 |
Book Description:
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Stem cell research, and particularly embryonic stem cell research, while offering the prospect of developing theories for serious life-threatening diseases, also raises a number of difficult and controversial moral questions. This is reflected in a variety of moral perspectives and regulatory regimes, already adopted or in the process of being developed, in EU Member States. In particular the "moral exclusion" clause in Article 6 of the EC Directive on the legal protection of...
More DescriptionStem cell research, and particularly embryonic stem cell research, while offering the prospect of developing theories for serious life-threatening diseases, also raises a number of difficult and controversial moral questions. This is reflected in a variety of moral perspectives and regulatory regimes, already adopted or in the process of being developed, in EU Member States. In particular the "moral exclusion" clause in Article 6 of the EC Directive on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions has created much uncertainty in this field.