World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin

Number 27, August 2011

• Gene Patents Upheld in Myriad Appeal. The new ruling reverses the district court’s decision that Myriad’s composition of matter claims covering isolated DNA molecules were patent-ineligible products of nature under, “since the molecules as claimed do not exist in nature.”  Read the full article @ Burril Report.

• Prevent Infertility Lectures for High School Pupils. A friend and partner of the World Congress, CHEN – Patient Fertility association, Israel, is promoting a campaign to reduce pupils suffering from HIV-AIDS or other Sexually Transmitted Diseases that lead to mechanical infertility. Read more.

News in brief:

• “Regulations proposed for animal–human chimaeras. UK lays out first framework to govern ethically sensitive research field” (source NatureNews)

• “Poland: How the democratic transition in Poland left reproductive rights behind The Price of Democracy in Illegal Abortions” (source European Pro-Choice Network)

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Edited by Carmen Sorrentino

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