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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • August 21, 2001
    ``Amidst the ashes of the dot coms, one ember of the computing economy remains red hot: bioinformatics. The potential of the field-which brings the combined power of computers and biological data to bear on problems ranging from agriculture to drug discovery-is so great that otherwise technology-wary investors are continuing to back new startups, and deals in the area are taking off. One catch: a deficit of qualified people with the right blend of skills in computer science and molecular biology to staff the booming business....

    ``The field is so hot, says Nat Goodman, senior vice president of Cambridge, MA-based bioinformatics consultancy 3rd Millennium, that companies and universities alike can find only about half the number of people they need.''

    Full story:
    http://www.techreview.com/magazine/sep01/innovation6.asp

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