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The cold rush

More than 40 companies are now engaged in bioprospecting in the Arctic. Hannah Hoag gauges the biotech potential buried beneath the ice and snow.

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Hoag, H. The cold rush. Nat Biotechnol 27, 690–692 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0809-690

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