Gene patents: perspectives from the clinical laboratory.
Mol Diagn Ther
; 14(3): 137-40, 2010 Jun 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20560674
ABSTRACT
Patents involving human genes, human genetic material, and genotype-phenotype correlations are a reality and are increasingly having a negative effect on the clinical molecular diagnostic laboratory and on patient care. Specifically, gene patents and exclusive licensing of diagnostic testing has a detrimental effect on the quality of laboratory testing, the cost of testing, turnaround time, coordination of care, patient access to testing and the ability to confirm testing at a separate laboratory. In this article, gene patents are discussed from the perspective of a medical director of a molecular diagnostics laboratory, and the effect of such patents on clinical laboratory practice is examined.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
11_ODS3_cobertura_universal
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1_ASSA2030
Problema de saúde:
11_financial_arrangements
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1_financiamento_saude
Assunto principal:
Patentes como Assunto
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Técnicas de Laboratório Clínico
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Patologia Molecular
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Genes
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mol Diagn Ther
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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FARMACOLOGIA
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TECNICAS E PROCEDIMENTOS DE LABORATORIO
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos