The following article, written by David Rickard and Colm Murphy, appeared in Times Online on 9 July 2009.
End Muddle Over Stem-Cell Patents or US Will Race Ahead
This week’s news that synthetic human sperm have been grown from embryonic stem cells for the first time raises the prospect of a breakthrough in male infertility treatment, but it also highlights the legal and ethical hurdles that will need to be overcome before the full potential of stem cell research will be realised.
