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onco-mouse

Mouse that has a human oncogene (gene that can cause certain cancers) implanted into its cells by genetic engineering. Such mice are used to test anticancer treatments and were patented within the USA by Harvard University in 1988, thereby protecting its exclusive rights to produce the animal and profit from its research.
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The dissenting judges stated that the Patent Act does not distinguish between lower and higher life forms and ruled that the onco-mouse constitutes an invention that may be patented.
Patents and your health by Ries, Nola M.; Grubb, Stacey E. / LawNow
81) The Harvard Onco-mouse was generated by a method commonly used for generating transgenic animals.
The European controversy over genetic-engineering patents by Dotson, Darrell G. / Houston Journal of International Law
 
 
 
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