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Law, ethics and medicine
Human-tissue-related inventions: ownership and intellectual property rights in international collaborative research in developing countries
- P A Andanda, University of Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa; Pamela.Andanda{at}wits.ac.za
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Human-tissue-related inventions: ownership and intellectual property rights in international collaborative research in developing countries
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- Received October 19, 2006
- Revised March 28, 2007
- Accepted April 4, 2007
- First published March 3, 2008.
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October 13, 2016
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