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Nature 426, 706-707 (11 December 2003) | doi:10.1038/426706

San Diego Best of both worlds

Paul Smaglik1

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What makes the Mesa so attractive to pharmaceutical companies? Paul Smaglik investigates.

The density of life-science companies and institutions in San Diego was one of the main attractions for Polly Murphy when she was looking for a new post. "If one job doesn't work out, there's a hundred right down the road," Murphy says.