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The chips are down

Geneticists' desire to track the roots of complex diseases has shaken up the market for gene chips. Meredith Wadman reports on two firms jostling for position in a business potentially worth US$500 million.

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The chips are down. Nature 444, 256–257 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/444256a

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