title: Patents and research: friends or foes?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass.
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D001900:Boston; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D010330:Patents as Topic; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D012109:Research Support as Topic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000639:trends; D014180:Transplantation / Q000639:trends*