Gene Patents: A Broken Incentives System

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1079-1084

  Huang, Yun Han ^a  

^a Weill Cornell Rockefeller Sloan Kettering Tri Institutional MD PhD Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Gene patents; Myriad

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENE; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATENT; PATIENT RIGHT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GENES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OWNERSHIP; PATENTS AS TOPIC; PATIENT RIGHTS;

EID: 84885854520     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9758-2     Document Type: Article

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