New thinking on gene patents

نویسنده

  • Nigel Williams
چکیده

With the number of patent claims including DNA sequence booming, is there a way forward to help resolve disagreements over the many issues involved? One ethical body believes that there is and has produced a new study.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002