The perils of gene patents

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 969-971

  Salzberg, S L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; PATENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GENES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; PATENTS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84861401540     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2012.6     Document Type: Review

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