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Open-Source Initiative Circumvents Biotech Patents
Researchers develop workaround for Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer
The Scientist 2005, 19(8):32
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Though agricultural biotechnology has the potential to transform small-scale farming in developing countries, such transformation faces a major bottleneck: the intellectual property landscape. Case in point: Golden Rice, engineered to produce beta-carotene (a source of vitamin A), is subject to approximately 40 patents that initially hampered its dissemination to developing countries.
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