The current legal system fails to provide an equitable balance between the rights of researchers and the rights of donors of biological materials. Could the tax system provide a solution?
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Bovenberg, J. Whose tissue is it anyway?. Nat Biotechnol 23, 929–933 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0805-929
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