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Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise?
Big projects in biology - such as the human genome project and a number of related and ensuing enterprises - require big funding. A new tradition is growing in which some types of basic research take place within commercial organizations. This article reviews some of the reasons for this and some of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11983050 |
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author | Swindells, Mark |
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description | Big projects in biology - such as the human genome project and a number of related and ensuing enterprises - require big funding. A new tradition is growing in which some types of basic research take place within commercial organizations. This article reviews some of the reasons for this and some of the key players, in the USA, Europe and Japan, and highlights some issues to be considered when deciding whether particular research belongs in a company rather than an academic setting. |
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spelling | pubmed-1393412003-03-03 Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? Swindells, Mark Genome Biol Opinion Big projects in biology - such as the human genome project and a number of related and ensuing enterprises - require big funding. A new tradition is growing in which some types of basic research take place within commercial organizations. This article reviews some of the reasons for this and some of the key players, in the USA, Europe and Japan, and highlights some issues to be considered when deciding whether particular research belongs in a company rather than an academic setting. BioMed Central 2002 2002-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC139341/ /pubmed/11983050 Text en Copyright © 2002 BioMed Central Ltd |
spellingShingle | Opinion Swindells, Mark Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
title | Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
title_full | Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
title_fullStr | Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
title_full_unstemmed | Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
title_short | Is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
title_sort | is 'big biology' a commercial enterprise? |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC139341/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11983050 |
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