The human use of humanoid beings: Chimeras and patent law

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 517-520

  Rabin, Sander ^a  

^a LLP   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHIMERA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMANOID; LAW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORALITY; PATENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PATENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; TRANSPLANTATION CHIMERA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646545704     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0506-517     Document Type: Review

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