EU’s top court opens door to some stem cell patents
By Robert-Jan Bartunek and Ben Hirschler BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Europe's top court has opened the door to certain stem cell patents in the European Union by ruling that an organism incapable of developing into a human being is not a human embryo and may be patented. Thursday's judgment by the European Court of Justice was made following a case brought in Britain by U.S. company International Stem Cell Corporation over whether it could patent processes covering the use of human egg cells. …
