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Nature 443, 128-129 (14 September 2006) | doi:10.1038/443128b; Published online 13 September 2006

Biomedical research gets a fresh twist down on the farm

Gene Russo

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Lab for unconventional work opens its doors.

Designers overlooked one small flaw when they drew up plans for Janelia Farm, the new $500-million facility for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia. Deer, unaware of their new neighbour built into the side of a hill, started leaping over the structure to their deaths.