Leading scientist attacks university over ‘outrageous’ IVF treatment patent

May 27, 2013

A fresh international row has erupted over granting US patents to processes which many scientists believe are basic aspects of human physiology. Jacques Cohen, one of the world’s leading embryologists, has attacked Stanford University and the biotechnology company Auxogyn over their “outrageous” request to be given a patent on cell-cycle data being used to develop IVF treatments. This has now been granted by the US patent office. (The Guardian)