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Patents and translational research in genomics

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Issues concerning gene patents may be impeding the translation of laboratory research to clinical use.

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  1. Jane Kaye is at Oxford Genetics Knowledge Park, The Ethox Centre, DPHPC, University of Oxford, Gibson Building/Block 21, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HA, UK.,

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  2. Naomi Hawkins is at The Ethox Centre, DPHPC, University of Oxford, Gibson Building/Block 21, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HA, UK.,

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  3. Jenny Taylor is at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK. jane.kaye@ethox.ox.ac.uk,

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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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