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Japanese guv to support university patenting in iPS stem cell area

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Perhaps not unrelated to the scoop of Yamanaka in iPS, the Japanese government is getting involved in iPS. Smartbrief reports:

The Education, Science and Technology Ministry in Japan said it plans to support more universities and research centers in their bids to secure patents for ideas and technologies used in studies on induced pluripotent stem cells. With government support, these institutions could hire intellectual property specialists who can advise them about patent systems abroad.

See previous IPBiz post:

Yamanaka scooped on iPS (stem cell) patent ?!?

***Back at the californiastemcellreport, there's no news about these iPS developments, but we do a flash about Ted Kennedy backing Art Torres:

Torres' "years of advocacy for medical research and better health care for Californians will be a major asset" for CIRM, Kennedy said.

"A great deal is at stake," the Massachusetts Democrat said, "and I'm confident that Art Torres will make a difference for our country."

IPBiz recalls what happened when Ted Kennedy backed Barack Obama in the Massachusetts primary. Torres, by the way, is the head of the California Democratic Party. There's no word on whether he knows what iPS is.

Full post as published by IPBiz on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).