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Nature 404, 319-320 (23 March 2000) | doi:10.1038/35006215
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Researchers caught in dispute over transgenic mice patents
See associated Correspondence: Younkin & Stoddard, Nature 404, 809 (April 2000)
Rex Dalton
Neuroscientists who use mouse models are closely watching a patent infringement battle between a prominent biotechnology firm and a major US non-profit institution. Elan Pharmaceuticals, of Ireland, is suing the Minnesota-based Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research over mice used to study Alzheimer's disease.
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