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Opinion and Comment

Nature Biotechnology 27, 505 (1 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/nbt0609-505

Reply to Conflating MTAs and patents

Zhen Lei and Brian D. Wright reply: To a reader unfamiliar with intellectual property (IP), Noonan's thesis might well be persuasive. Researchers have problems with material transfer agreements (MTAs), not patents.