George/Cohen egg donation article in July 6 Washington Post

Robert P. George (Princeton) and Eric Cohen in the Washington Post on July 6 ("Stem Cells without Moral Corruption") raise the issue that, as time goes on, there might be suggestions in the U.S. simply to pay women for eggs.

As pointed out in IPBiz, that bridge was already crossed, in the U.S., in December 2005, as a noted U.S. stem cell researcher already suggested paying women for eggs (and allowing Hwang Woo Suk to get back into stem cell research.) The suggestions were made AFTER the egg donation scandal of Hwang/Mizmedi but BEFORE Hwang's scientific fraud was documented by SNU. As of this time [July 2006], Hwang had DENIED violating Korea's bioethics laws.

Separately, also on July 6, Sue and Bill Gross have pledged $10 million to the UCal/Irvine [UCI] stem cell research center. $2 million will be given immediately and $8 million on matching. [LA Times, B6, 6 July 06]

**UPDATE**

The George/Cohen piece is published under the title "Stem cells without violating morality" at southcoasttoday.
There is no reference to the Washington Post publication.

**ALSO**

Dale L. Carlson and Robert A. Migliorini presented PAST AS PROLOGUE FOR PATENT REFORM: EXPERIENCE IN JAPAN WITH OPPOSITIONS SUGGESTS AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR THE U.S. [88 JPTOS 101 (Feb. 06)] and Patent Reform at the Crossroads: Experience in the Far East with Oppositions Suggests an Alternative Approach for the United States [7 N.C. J.L. & Tech. 261] but few people in patent reform are getting the message.