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Nature 414, 685 (13 December 2001) | doi:10.1038/414685a
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The curtain falls
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Theatre seemed the ideal way for US bioprospectors working in Mexico to tell local people about their work. But did the plays distract attention from the involvement of commercial interests? Rex Dalton reports.
Three years ago, a team of US scientists set out for the lush highlands of southern Mexico. The biochemical secrets of the region's plant life, together with the local Maya people's knowledge of how to exploit them, promised a rich pharmaceutical bounty.
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