Issues concerning gene patents may be impeding the translation of laboratory research to clinical use.
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Kaye, J., Hawkins, N. & Taylor, J. Patents and translational research in genomics. Nat Biotechnol 25, 739–741 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0707-739
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