ESTs stumble at the utility threshold
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Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are fragments that generally do not encode a complete protein or perhaps even any part of a protein. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) filed the first patent applications claiming expressed sequence tags in 1991, provoking great controversy among biomedical researchers because of the prescription that broad EST patents would inhibit research on gene function.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2005
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Beyond the Petri dish
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Julius Petri a technician in Robert Koch's laboratory invented the ubiquitous two-dimensional dish known as the Petri dish that has become a staple in laboratory work on both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The development of three-dimensional dishes to culture systems that better represent the natural context of cells in tissues and organs are discussed.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2004
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Fabrication of novel biomaterials through molecular self-assembly
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Molecular self-assembly is a powerful approach for fabricating novel supramolecular architectures.The complementary strategies that can be used in the fabrication of molecular biomaterials are described.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2003
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