Recent surveys show that US biotechnology companies are recruiting the majority of skilled foreign workers out of US universities.
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Sevier, E., Dahms, A. The role of foreign worker scientists in the US biotechnology industry. Nat Biotechnol 20, 955–956 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0902-955
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