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A.K.R. gratefully acknowledges suport from the National Human Genome Research Institute under Center of Excellence Grant P50 G003391002.

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  1. S.J. Quinney College of Law and Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Jorge L Contreras

  2. School of Law, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Arti K Rai

  3. School of Law, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA

    Andrew W Torrance

  4. MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    Andrew W Torrance

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Contreras, J., Rai, A. & Torrance, A. Intellectual property issues and synthetic biology standards. Nat Biotechnol 33, 24–25 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3107

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