Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[ergo sum]

How exactly do you get exclusive rights to cells?


A small biotechnology company has obtained the exclusive rights to commercial applications of a new type of stem cell that has the potential to defuse the public debate over the use of those cells in research.
The company, Athersys Inc. of Cleveland, licensed the rights from the University of Minnesota, where the stem cell was discovered by Dr. Catherine M. Verfaillie and colleagues, university and company officials said
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/business/11STEM.html

Why exactly is information like this suppressed?


Hans Blix, a chief of the weapons team here, told the Security Council today that he was not going to release the names of foreign arms suppliers that Iraq has listed in its weapons declaration because they could be valuable to United Nations inspectors as sources of information about Baghdad's programs.