Gene patents and licensing: Case studies prepared for the secretary's advisory committee on genetics, health, and society

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Cook Deegan, Robert ^a   Heaney, Christopher ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; And Society; APC; BRCA; Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Colorectal cancer; Familial adenomatous polyposis; FAP; Genetic testing; Health; Intellectual property; Lynch syndrome; MSH; Myriad Genetics; Patents; Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BREAST CANCER; CANAVAN DISEASE; CASE STUDY; COLON CANCER; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HEALTH; HEARING LOSS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; LONG QT SYNDROME; OVARY CANCER; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PATENTS AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951459956     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GIM.0b013e3181d694b0     Document Type: Review

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