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DNA makes protein makes money

The problems involved in producing unlimited quantities of hormones and similarly useful proteins by recombinant DNA techniques are fast being solved. With their solution comes the chance for those involved to reap almost equally unlimited financial rewards.

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Emtage, J. DNA makes protein makes money. Nature 317, 185–186 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/317185a0

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