Models for facilitating access to patents on genetic inventions

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-148

  Van Overwalle, Geertrui ^a   Van Zimmeren, Esther ^a   Verbeure, Birgit ^b   Matthijs, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTER FOR HUMAN GENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; GENETICS, MEDICAL; LICENSURE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATENTS; RESEARCH;

EID: 31144476700     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1765     Document Type: Review

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