Regulating Human Embryonic Stem Cell in China: A Comparative Study on Human Embryonic Stem Cell's Patentability and Morality in US and EU

Abstract

Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Cases -- 1 Stem Cell Tourism Phenomenon in China: An Introduction -- 1.1 Reasons for Stem Cell Tourism Phenomenon -- 1.1.1 Values of Human Embryonic Stem Cell (HESC) Research -- 1.1.2 Inconsistency HESC Related Regulations Across Jurisdictions Leads to Stem Cell Tourism in China -- 1.1.3 TRIPS Agreement Cannot Assure Symmetrical Coherence Between Moral Provision Within Patent Law and Moral Provision Outside Patent Law -- 1.1.4 Inadequate Regulation of HESC Research in China -- 1.2 Purpose and Focus of the Book -- 1.3 Conceptual Framework