A small cadre of biotech companies are finding an easy entry into the consumer marketplace through the relatively unregulated field of cosmeceuticals.
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Nasto, B. Biotech at the beauty counter. Nat Biotechnol 25, 617–619 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0607-617
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