Biotech in court: A legal lesson on the unity of science

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 357-384

  Swanson, Kara ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Author; Biotechnology; Inventor; Law; Patent; PCR; Unity of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249067386     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312706071793     Document Type: Article

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