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Gene patents—more evidence needed, but policymakers must act

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  1. Centre for Intellectual Property Policy, McGill University, 3661 Peel Street, Montreal, H3A 1X1, Quebec, Canada

    E Richard Gold

  2. School of Business, University of Alberta, 3-30D Business Building, Edmonton, T6G 2R6, Alberta, Canada

    Tania Bubela

  3. Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University, Health Sciences Centre, Room 3H1A, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, L8N 3Z5, Ontario, Canada

    Fiona A Miller

  4. Centre for Law and Genetics, Law Faculty Building, Private Bag 89, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7001, Tasmania, Australia

    Dianne Nicol

  5. Faculty of Law, McGill University, 3664 Peel Street, Montreal, H3A 1W9, Quebec, Canada

    Tina Piper

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Gold, E., Bubela, T., Miller, F. et al. Gene patents—more evidence needed, but policymakers must act. Nat Biotechnol 25, 388–389 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0407-388

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