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The article presents data related to biotechnology research papers in the U.S. The US remains the most productive country in terms of biotech-related papers. But numbers of papers from the European Union surpassed the US last year (with Germany and the UK ahead of most EU countries); elsewhere, Korea, China and Japan also publish frequently. Some of the top cited papers, published in different journals, by field are: RNAi--Systematic functional analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome using RNAi; Gene therapy--LMO2-associated clonal T cell proliferation in two patients after gene therapy for SCID-X2 and Nuclear transfer--Derivation of oocytes from mouse embryonic stem cells.

The article focuses on research topics related to science and technology performed by several healthcare companies including XO1, Solstice Biologics and Arvinas. Topics discussed include protein homeostasis in drug discovery, development of disease resistance traits through plant microbiome and the use of RNA interference based drug. Also mentions the gene therapy of eye.