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Nature 458, 281 (19 March 2009) | doi:10.1038/458281c; Published online 18 March 2009

Open Innovation Challenges

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William Gunn1

  1. Genalyte Inc, 11760 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, Caifornia 92121, USA
    Email: william.gunn@gmail.com

When considering the funding problems causing labs to close (Nature 457, 650–655; 2009), an economic argument can be made that growth depends on the creation of new markets being opened up by new technology. Personalized medicine provides an example of this, as do advances in medical instrumentation such as magnetic resonance imaging and laser eye surgery.

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