Access to stem cells and data: persons, property rights, and scientific progress.

A Genetic-DEA Approach to Reveal Property Rights Priorities

تعارض اصل حمایت از اختراعات دارویی و حقوق بشر؛ تفسیر حقوقی ماده 27 موافقت‌نامه تریپس

Today, pharmaceutical patents constitute an important part of industrial production and investment corporations have shown interest in this issue which is willing to protect these patents for assurance of investment in this area. While progress in this field has human interests, but the unconditional protection of such patents is in conflict with the right to health as one of the fundamental hu...

Stem Cell Therapy: the ethical issues

The ability to culture human stem cells long term, and possibly indefinitely, and to control how such cells specialise to form the different tissues of the body offers the possibility of major advances in healthcare. Stem cells have been isolated and cultured, but a great deal of research is required to develop cell lines which can generate replacement cells and tissues to treat many diseases.S...

Opening stem cell research and development: a policy proposal for the management of data, intellectual property, and ethics.

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 54 I. BOTTLENECKS IN THE TECHNICAL, PROPRIETARY, AND ETHICAL DOMAINS............................................................................................................. 59 A. TECHNICAL DOMAIN: SCIENTIFIC DATA AND MATERIALS SHARING ......... 61 B. PROPRIETARY DOMAIN: PATENT RI...

Writing and Publishing Textbooks and Students' Rights from the Perspective of Islam and Intellectual Property Rights

The right to education, as a basic human right, is essential for all members of society, and its realization requires special facilities and tools. Textbooks are considered to be the most important tool that should be provided to learners and students in an appropriate and standard and comprehensive manner, without discrimination and not for profit. The aim of this study was to determine the st...