Zoe Bollinger
Feb 25, 2015
Supreme Court rejects stem cell patent case, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation keeps rights
A nine-year legal challenge to human embryonic stem cell patents ended Tuesday, when the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. The decision means the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF, will get to keep its patent rights for the cells, which were discovered in 1998 by University of Wisconsin - Madison scientist James Thompson.