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The Intellectual Property Landscape For Ips Cells, Robin C. Feldman
The Intellectual Property Landscape For Ips Cells, Robin C. Feldman
Robin C Feldman
Beginning in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells have raised the tantalizing possibility that stem cell research could move forward without the significant moral and ethical dilemmas that have paralyzed the field. These cells, known as iPS cells, originate from adult somatic cells, but function in a manner that is almost equivalent to embryonic stem cells. If iPS cell research lives up to its promise, stem cell research, diagnostics, and treatment could be accomplished without destroying or in any way interfering with human embryos or their development.
While we may be entering a historic moment in stem cell research, we are …