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The Patentability of Stem Cells in Australia

Author(s) -

Jenny Petering,

Prue A. Cowin

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

cold spring harbor perspectives in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.853

H-Index - 105

eISSN - 2472-5412

pISSN - 2157-1422

DOI - 10.1101/cshperspect.a020966

Subject(s) - patentability , stem cell , scope (computer science) , legislature , politics , intellectual property , business , law and economics , political science , biology , law , microbiology and biotechnology , sociology , patent law , computer science , programming language

The potential therapeutic applications of stem cells are unlimited. However, the ongoing political and social debate surrounding the intellectual property and patenting considerations of stem cell research has led to the implementation of strict legislative regulations. In Australia the patent landscape surrounding stem cells has evolved considerably over the past 20 years. The Australian Patents Act 1990 includes a specific exclusion to the patentability of human beings and of biological processes for their generation. However, this exclusion has received no judicial consideration to date, and so its scope and potential impact on stem cell patents is unclear.

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