What will be the impact of induced pluripotent stem cell discoveries on the current stem cell patent landscape?
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Vrtovec, K., Scott, C. Patenting pluripotence: the next battle for stem cell intellectual property. Nat Biotechnol 26, 393–395 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0408-393
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