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Nature 404, 684-686 (6 April 2000) | doi:10.1038/35007267

Companies of all sizes are prospecting for proteins

Helen Gavaghan

It is being called a land grab at the UK-based company Oxford GlycoSciences, but the property being prospected for is intellectual — patents on proteins. Fuelled by $50 million raised at the end of February on the London Stock Exchange, the company is racing to patent as many proteins as possible during the next two years.