UK news coverage

BBC: Ban on stem cell patents 'wrong'
BBC (blog): Stem cell patent row
The Guardian: Stem cell treatments threatened by European patent ruling
The Independent: Leading article: An obscurantist and absurd judgment
The Independent: Ruling on stem-cell patents may spell end of research in Europe
The Telegraph: Should the European Court be allowed to dash my hopes of a cure
The Telegraph: Stem cell research threatened by EU court ruling
Financial Times: Editorial: stem cell research
The Press Association: Ruling threatens stem cell industry
Daily Mail: Stem cell research is threatened by EU morality law
Express: Europe's threat to stem cell research
Daily Mirror: Stem cell Euro ruling will wipe out life-saving research, say scientists
HeraldScotland: Dolly scientist warns new law could harm research
Scotsman: Warning over stem cell proposal
PHGFoundation: Protest at proposed halt to embryonic stem cell patenting

International news coverage

Science: Scientists Lobby European Court to Maintain Stem Cell Patents
Nature.com (subscription): European scientists rally for embryronic stem cell patents
Reuters: Scientists oppose European stem cell patent ban
New Scientist: Embryo patent row could dash Europe's stem cell future
Discover Magazine (blog): Scientists to EU Court: Patents on Stem Cells Must Be Allowed
Qué.es: Científicos rechazan un veto europeo a patentes de células madre
El Universal: Patente de células madre alarma a científicos
EurActiv.com: EU funding for stem cell research stirs debate
Rzeczpospolita (Poland): Patenty, morale i uczeni
Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany): Patente und Moral; Europäische Stammzellforscher schreiben Protestbrief
Die Presse: Verbietet EU Patente auf embryonale Stammzellen?
Informationsdienst Wissenschaft: Patentstreit: Europäische Stammzellforscher unterstützen Bonner Wissenschaftler Oliver Brüstle
Irish Examiner: 'Legal bombshell' threatens European stem cell treatment
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News: Patent Uncertainty and Political Flux Keeping hESC Investors from Seeing Returns

Patient organizations

Alzheimer's Research UK: Ban on stem cell patents could impede new Alzheimer's treatements
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign: Stem cell research under threat: show your support

Blogs

Becky's policy pages: Why are we worried about patenting?
Stem cell network blog: Stem cell technology development gets cold shoulder from European Advocate General
80beats: Scientists to EU Court: Patents on Stem Cells Must Be Allowed
Triple Helix Blog: Stem Cell Research: Effects of the Patenting Landscape
IPWatchdog: US, Europe Debate Embryonic Stem Cell Patents and Research
Physorg.com: Stem-cell patent battle continues

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