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Biomedical science: Betting the bank

Nature volume 452, pages 926–929 (2008)Cite this article

Lyle Palmer has plans for a 'ludicrously ambitious' gene - disease research project. Bijal Trivedi reports on the trials at Joondalup.

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Bijal Trivedi is a freelance writer based in Washington DC.

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Trivedi, B. Biomedical science: Betting the bank. Nature 452, 926–929 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452926a

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