New England Biolabs: Donald Comb

New England Biolabs founder Donald Comb has died. He founded NEB, one of the first biotechnology firms to commercialize restriction enzymes, in 1974 and served as its CEO until 2005, after which he remained chairman of the board of directors. Prior to NEB, he was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School. Comb held a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Michigan.