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What Do Industry People Actually Do For a Living?

Jul 11, 2007

Sandra Porter is wondering what people in the biotechnology industry do at work. From her blog, she directs readers to the Life Science Central website which has video interviews with people who hold different positions in a variety of companies. Porter even drew a handy map of the "biotechnology food chain."

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