A mix of policy options that enhances access to research tools is available to courts, legislators and government bureaucracies, including research agencies and patent offices.
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T.B.'s research is funded by the Canadian Stem Cell Network, the NorComm II project (co-lead investigators: C. McKerlie and S. Brown) funded by Genome Canada and Ontario Genomics Institute, and the PACEOMICS project (co-lead investigators: C. McCabe and T.B.) funded by Genome Canada, Genome Alberta, the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, and Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions. R.C.D.'s research is funded by NIH P50 HG003391 (National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), principal investigator (PI)); NIH R01 HG006460 (NHGRI, to Baylor College of Medicine, A. McGuire, PI); Kauffman Foundation; and he is a Senior Fellow at FasterCures, a Center of the Milken Institute.
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Bubela, T., Cook-Deegan, R. Keeping score, strengthening policy and fighting bad actors over access to research tools. Nat Biotechnol 33, 143–147 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3131
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