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International Competition Spurs Commercial Technology

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  1. Laura R. Meagher is with the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, P.O. Box 12235, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. She was on the Commercial Biotechnology Advisory Panel of the OTA. Wensley Haydon-Baillie is chairman of Porton/LH International, 29 Chesham Place, London, U.K.; he was a contributor to the OTA report. The complete OTA report can be purchased from the Superintendant of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. The price is $20; the GPO stock number is 052-003-00939-1.

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    Meagher, L., Haydon-Baillie, W. International Competition Spurs Commercial Technology. Nat Biotechnol 2, 232–239 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0384-232

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