Opening options for material transfer

The Open Material Transfer Agreement is a material-transfer agreement that enables broader sharing and use of biological materials by biotechnology practitioners working within the practical realities of technology transfer. Supplementary information The online version of this article (doi:10.1038/nbt.4263) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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