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Touched by an angel

Looking for a fairy godmother to back a brilliant business idea? As Tony Reichhardt reports, a group of them probably meets for breakfast once a month at a hotel near you.

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Reichhardt, T. Touched by an angel. Nature 435, 734–735 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435734a

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