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Journal of Pathogens
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 765763, 7 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/765763
Review Article
Harnessing DNA Synthesis to Develop Rapid Responses to Emerging and Pandemic Pathogens
1New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Department of Life Sciences, Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000, USA
2VitaCode Biotechnology LLC, Research and Development, Box 145, Blauvelt, NY 10913-0145, USA
Received 11 August 2010; Accepted 19 January 2011
Academic Editor: Slobodan Paessler
Copyright © 2011 Lisa M. Runco and J. Robert Coleman. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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