What role does intellectual property (IP) play in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)? And why do scientists and researchers need to know about IP?

Priscilla Kolibea Mante, an award-winning neuroscientist and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Pharmacology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, explains how patents, copyright, and even traditional knowledge are essential tools for scientists all over the world.

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