As the market for DNA on demand continues to grow, increases in the scale and efficiency of new genome engineering approaches promise to accelerate product discovery and even open up new commercial opportunities.
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May, M. Engineering a new business. Nat Biotechnol 27, 1112–1120 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1209-1112
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