Harnessing Human Potential: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Patentability Under the Lens of Myriad

After the Supreme Court\u27s decision in Ass\u27n for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetic\u27s, previously patentable materials may now be rejected as unpatentable subject matter, specifically because they cover natural products. This presents a problem for businesses performing adult stem cell research and development, because stem cells exist in nature but pluripotency in adult stem cells does not. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and federal courts must recognize that these stem cells are still patentable because there is human intervention that creates a product that could not exist in nature on its own. Neither the USPTO nor any federal courts have yet reached the substantive issue of whether stem cells are patentable post-Myriad. By recognizing the patentability of adult stem cells, the USPTO and federal courts would allow research institutions to recoup their substantial investment into the critical adult stem cell field, while still respecting the standard of patentable subject matter dictated in Myriad. This Note argues for retaining patentability of adult stem cells in the face of certain future challenges to patentable subject matter, at both the examination and appeals stages

Excellent, dat word je niet zomaar:een schets van de ontwikkeling van zes excellente HR professionals

Een boek op basis van een studie naar de invloed van leercondities (support, challenge, assessment) en cruciale gebeurtenissen op de ontwikkeling van individueel talent. Zes HRM-ers, uit wetenschap en praktijk, die dominant zijn in het hedendaags HRM-debat, zijn op basis van een theoretisch model bevraagd op de invloed van condities en gebeurtenissen en de mate waarin deze bepalend zijn geweest voor wie en wat ze nu zijn geworden. Support van ouders en leidinggevenden lijken van cruciaal belang, evenals op vroege leeftijd in aanraking komen met situaties waardoor vroegtijdig talent werd herkend en erkend. Hard werken en doorzetten bij tegenslag zijn factoren die in alle respondenten te herkennen zij

Atom--Molecule Coherence in a Bose-Einstein Condensate

Coherent coupling between atoms and molecules in a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) has been observed. Oscillations between atomic and molecular states were excited by sudden changes in the magnetic field near a Feshbach resonance and persisted for many periods of the oscillation. The oscillation frequency was measured over a large range of magnetic fields and is in excellent quantitative agreement with the energy difference between the colliding atom threshold energy and the energy of the bound molecular state. This agreement indicates that we have created a quantum superposition of atoms and diatomic molecules, which are chemically different species.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure