U. of Wisconsin Broadens Stem-Cell Lawsuit

The patenting arm of the University of Wisconsin at Madison last month extended its lawsuit against the private company that has financed embryonic-stem-cell research at the institution. The federal lawsuit now asks the court to affirm that Geron Corporation does not have exclusive rights to all research products developed from the university's stem cells.

Officials at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the nonprofit, independent group that secures patents for the university,

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