This website makes use of material appropriated from the websites of
numerous biotech corporations, including: Affymetrix, Amgen, Axys, Biogen, Chiron,
Endogen, Genelabs Technologies, Genetics Institute, Genzyme, Incyte, Molecular Dynamics,
Pfizer, Progenitor, Repligen, Sugen, TM Bioscience, Trega Biosciences

 

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