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Stockbrokers use them. But can neural nets become biotechnology's stock-in-trade?
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Collins, M. Empiricism Strikes Back: Neural Networks in Biotechnology. Nat Biotechnol 11, 163–166 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0293-163
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