Applications of crowdsourcing in commercial biotech remain few and far between, but the approach is proving increasingly popular for solving challenges in basic research. Clare Sansom reports.
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Sansom, C. The power of many. Nat Biotechnol 29, 201–203 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1792
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