A brain drain out of the US turns into a gusher for California

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Several scientists are leaving California and going to other countries for their work after the President Bush announced that federally funded stem cell biologists in the US would have to work under tight restrictions. One of the scientists is Roger Pedersen whose leaving US proved to be a good career move thus making him co-director of a new $30m stem cell institute.

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As arguments mount over who will own the future technologies born of stem cell research, corporate lawyers prepare for battle

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A brief description on the way in which the corporate lawyers are preparing themselves for the issue that who would own the future technologies born of stem cell research is presented. Legal experts point that there is very little US litigation involving stem cells, even though one organization claims to own the patent rights to all embryonic stems.

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Generous staffing and permissive laws aid Asia's largest stem cell effort

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China and UK have created generally favorable regulatory and ethical environments, coupled with strong research bases. China is well represented in embryonic stem cell work with at least 10 Embryonic Stem cell lines established in the country and is working on therapeutic cloning.

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