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Nature 441, 572-573 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441572a; Published online 31 May 2006

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Germany's best-known stem-cell researcher is leading a charge to build up more commercial acumen on the nation's university campuses. Ned Stafford reports.

The biggest experiment at Life & Brain, a new campus-based biotechnology company at Bonn Medical School, is Life & Brain itself.Will it become a commercial success within German academia or — as some conservative professors might hope — will it fail?