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Esther Jimenez transforms inventors’ passions into patent applications to help get new technologies to market.

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CRISPR Patent Ruling Favors Broad Institute

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Harvard Chemist Found Guilty of Lying About Chinese Funding

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Biden Administration Backs Vaccine Intellectual Property Waiver

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Foreign Researchers Accused of Hiding Links to Chinese Military

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

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