Intellectual property rights here (IPR), and patents in particular, play a central role the commercialisation of new knowledge and techniques in the life sciences.This paper analyses the effects of the patent ecosystem using the sociology of valuation and evaluation.Specifically, the patent ecosystem can be interrogated in terms of which activities
Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a worldwide problem.Among HCV proteins, core antigen (Ag), besides its importance for diagnostic application is a prime candidate for component of a vaccine.Herein, we report results of studies on production of the hydrophilic domain of core Ag (2-122) socksmith santa cruz in native conformation by an arabi
The different amounts of residual partial agonist activity (PAA) of antisteroids under assorted conditions have long been useful in clinical applications but remain largely unexplained.Not only does a given antagonist often afford unequal induction for multiple genes in the same cell but also the activity of the same antisteroid with the same gene