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Nature 423, 799-800 (19 June 2003) | doi:10.1038/423799a

Structural biology: The crystal's in the mail...

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Do you need to solve the structure of a complex biological molecule quickly, or require some expert help doing it? No problem. Tracy Smith Schmidt samples the delights of 'mail-in' crystallography.

Some say that today's biology graduate students are spoilt. Not so long ago, they had to do all their own routine bench work — from sequencing DNA to making transgenic mice.