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Nature Medicine 13, 1005 (2007)
Published online: 31 August 2007 | doi:10.1038/nm0907-1005
Arsenic patent keeps drug for rare cancer out of reach of many
David Cyranoski1
- Tokyo
Abstract
Patent should never have been granted, critics charge.
For thousands of years, arsenic has been known to have medicinal properties. It has been used at various times to treat syphilis and sleeping sickness, or occasionally to poison unsuspecting rats and husbands.
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