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UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RELATIONS: Pitt Takes Over a Struggling Genetic Technology Firm
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee
High-tech companies are often spun out of research done at universities; now a struggling company has been "spun in," retreating to the shelter of academe.