As the first commercial ventures are formed around induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell research, who will have the freedom to operate commercially remains a big unknown. Sarah Webb reports.
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Webb, S. The gold rush for induced pluripotent stem cells. Nat Biotechnol 27, 977–979 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1109-977
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