From Ideas to Industries: Human Genome Project
With openness as a core tenet, the Human Genome Project generated $965 billion in economic output...
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RT @owenboswarva: PLOS Joins Other Publishers and Societies in Support of the Proposed White House Policy Regarding Federally Funded Resear
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RT @mitlibraries: Looking for tips on how to find #openaccess (non-paywall) articles that you can download & read no matter where you are?
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RT @QSS_ISSI: We are happy that our publisher @mitpress has signed this letter to @realDonaldTrump, supporting immediate open access of art
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RT @LibrariansReed: As a librarian, I have to inform students the content we teach them to rely on while they are enrolled in university wi
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RT @carlamyers121: I remember comforting a patron who was in tears because she could not afford $20 to obtain access to an article her doct
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