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Artificial Life: Biotechnology of the 21st Century?

Bio/Technology volume 13, pages 122–123 (1995)Cite this article

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The marriage of computers and biology may yield new tools for drug discovery

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Levinson, G. Artificial Life: Biotechnology of the 21st Century?. Nat Biotechnol 13, 122–123 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0295-122

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