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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • February 24, 2006
    An article by Nancy Weil:

    ``One analyst refers to bioinformatics having become a `base technology.' Others say it has evolved into a commodity. But whatever it's called, that evolution – a natural process in a maturing industry – has led increasing numbers of biopharmas and biotechs to slash in-house bioinformatics or to shutter such departments entirely.
    [...]
    ``As the heady days of cracking the human genome gave way to day-to-day work on a plethora of new drug targets, many bioinformaticians have reached a career crossroads, going to work for major consultancies, starting their own such small firms, or switching to academia.''

    Full story:
    http://www.itworld.com/Career/1826/060221braindrain/

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