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I may be going out on the proverbial limb by saying that most of the major advances in modern biotechnology would not have been possible without the availability of the polysaccharides from marine macroalgae, or seaweeds, but from my admittedly biased vantage point, this is a reality. A number of you who are participants in this XIIIth International Seaweed Symposium have made significant contributions, both directly and indirectly, to this effort.
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Renn, D.W. (1990). Seaweeds and biotechnology — inseparable companions. In: Lindstrom, S.C., Gabrielson, P.W. (eds) Thirteenth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 58. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2049-1_2
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