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Biotech, the community way

Community-college programmes in the United States can be a quick, cheap route into the pharmaceutical industry. Ted Agres talks to scientists making the grade.

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Agres, T. Biotech, the community way. Nature 458, 246–247 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7235-246a

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