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Nature 415, 462 (31 January 2002) | doi:10.1038/415462b

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Progress in human genetics hindered by reluctance to share

David Adam

Data sharing in human-genetics research is being hampered by concerns over intellectual property rights, says one of the first studies to try to quantify the problem.Of the 1,240 human geneticists surveyed by a team led by Eric Campbell of the Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, almost half complained that a co-worker had refused them access to data, information or materials in the past three years.