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Human Genome News, January-June 1997; 8:(3-4)
A new consortium of companies has signed a 5-year arrangement with Eric Lander's group at Whitehead Institute-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (WIMIT) to develop automated systems for analyzing gene and protein activities in normal and diseases cells. Bristol-Myers Squibb, Affymetrix, and Milennium Pharmaceuticals are contributing $40 million in cash and equipment in return for commercial rights to technologies developed under the program.
WIMIT Resources
2013: Post-production note: Many of the mouse resources have changed since this article was written. http://www.informatics.jax.org/ is a current, comprehensive resource.
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