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Nature 419, 767 (24 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419767b
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Malta provides loophole for breast-cancer screen
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A Maltese biotechnology firm is set to challenge the potential monopoly on breast-cancer screening held by US company Myriad Genetics.Synergene, which was set up in Malta in 2000, claims to have found a loophole in Myriad's patents, and says that it will launch a diagnostic test for breast cancer next January.
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