It seems the biotechnology company Viragen will be shutting up shop in the Borders soon. It was very recently (Feb 2007) championed by Nicol Stephen as an example of a key strength for Scottish business.
There is noone really to blame for this unfortunate state of affairs, a simple case of the research money running out before profits could be made, but it's a painful blow for the Scottish life sciences scene which has a real claim to be world-leading.
Dolly the Sheep, Biotech Research at Dundee University and the Genetics team at Edinburgh University are all genuinely world-reknowned.
It's just unfortunate that there isn't always a link between cutting edge science and transforming it into cold hard cash.
Crisis? What crisis?
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