A history of patenting life in the United States with comparative attention to Europe and Canada a report to the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies, 12 January 2002 - Kevles, Daniel J. (Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2002)
This study has been carried out at the request of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies during the preparatory work of its opinion on ethical aspects of patenting inventions involving human stem cells