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Nature 399, 5 (6 May 1999) | doi:10.1038/19807

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Berkeley dispute festers over biotech deal

Rex Dalton

A $25 million plant research contract with the life-sciences company Novartis is continuing to stir controversy at the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). Some faculty and graduate students at the university's College of Natural Resources are deeply concerned about the arrangement's propriety and its potential impact on academic freedom.