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Housing industry labs in academic settings benefits all parties, say Jana J. Watson-Capps and Thomas R. Cech.

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  1. Jana J. Watson-Capps is associate director of the BioFrontiers Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA.,

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  2. Thomas R. Cech is professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder and director of the BioFrontiers Institute.,

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