欧洲13位科学家致信《自然》呼吁撤销干细胞专利禁令

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者：张笑 来源：科学网 www.sciencenet.cn 发布时间：2011-4-28  
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* n. W0 I* m$ S8 \& f欧洲13位干细胞科学家在4月28日出版的《自然》杂志上刊登一封公开信，希望欧洲法院撤销关于欧洲胚胎干细胞研究申请专利的禁令，他们认为，这项禁令会给干细胞的再生治疗和其他应用招来灾难性后果。
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欧盟法院于3月宣布禁止干细胞研究进入专利申请程序。该案法官伊夫斯·博特在判决中表示，胚胎干细胞研究如若商业化，将“有悖于伦理道德和公共政策”。但在这封公开信中，科学家认为，博特的观点是“对胚胎干细胞生物医药应用研究多年来努力的一次打击”。4 y: w4 @- K# t0 e/ m, X

( K/ L  |( f  o2 y4 M/ c“如果（该项禁令）得以贯彻执行，欧洲的各项（胚胎干细胞）研究将在别处获得应用，欧洲民众将可能为此付出代价”。他们在信中补充道。（科学网 张笑/编译）
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European scientists rally for emybronic stem cell patents - April 27, 2011
: {+ M$ h' s2 _: ]9 N/ HA group of high profile stem cell scientists warns today that a proposed ban on embryonic stem cell patents in Europe could spell disaster for regenerative therapies and other applications of the cells, which can produce any cell type in the body.
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On 10 March, the advocate general of the European Court of Justice recommended that the court ban patents involving human embryonic stem cells. Judge Yves Bot argued that commercial patents for human ES cells would amount to industrial use of human emybros, which "would be contrary to ethics and public policy". (For a complete rundown, see Nature’s original coverage of Bot’s opinion.), J( E3 `6 R* O3 e  N! E. f
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In a letter published in Nature today, Austin Smith, of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research in Cambridge, UK and 12 other European stem cell scientists call Bot’s opinion “a blow to years of effort to derive biomedical applications from embryonic stem cells”.
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/ y6 r2 d, D8 p) E“If implemented, European discoveries could be translated into applications elsewhere, at a potential cost to the European citizen,” the letter adds., C; u0 y: T. w4 O- T" n: r" j
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An opinion from the 13 judges comprising the European Court of Justice’s Grand Chamber is expected in the next few months.
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干细胞技术多灾多难啊~~~~~~我拷！！！
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