Stem Cell Research Funding Policies and Dynamic Innovation: A Survey of Open Access and Commercialization Requirements

Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 455-471

  Lévesque, Maroussia ^a   Kim, Jihyun Rosel ^a   Isasi, Rosario ^a   Knoppers, Bartha Maria ^a   Plomer, Aurora ^b   Joly, Yann ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Data sharing; Human embryonic stem cells (hESC); Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC); Open access; Stem cell research (SCR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896590096     PISSN: 15508943     EISSN: 15586804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12015-014-9504-5     Document Type: Article

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