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Patents limit medical potential of sequencing

Nature volume 419, page 878 (2002)Cite this article

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In your interesting Nature Science Update1 “24-hour genome dawns”, you report on the prospect of a personal sequence in minutes, for less than $1,000. Patents will present at least two major problems to the timely adoption of these technologies2,3.

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Merz, J. Patents limit medical potential of sequencing. Nature 419, 878 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/419878d

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