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European Court of Justice Rejects Stem-Cell Patents

Posted by timothy on from the but-it's-just-a-mass-of-tissue dept.

ianare writes "The European Court of Justice Friday issued a preliminary opinion that procedures involving human embryonic stem cells are not patentable — even if the process in question does not involve the direct destruction of embryos — because they are tantamount to making industrial use of human embryos, which 'would be contrary to ethics and public policy.'"

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  1. Re:Life is not patentable... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Spelling has been around for a while, too.

  2. Re:Patents should not be about ethics by St.Creed · · Score: 3, Funny

    or the cure for being Gay...

    Off-topic...
    This is often stated, based on it being utterly ridiculous to concieve sexual orientation is some sort of medical condition that can be altered at will.
    I wonder what the ethics would be in the hypothetical situation where there is some sort of pill that could switch humans to being attracted to males/females/both/none/poodles/etc.

    I'll take the poodle-pill. It sounds much cheaper and easier than being attracted to women.

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