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From his lab in Lake Nona's Medical City, cancer researcher Philip Arlen is strategizing ways to take his new technique for studying DNA to market. And he is going entrepreneurial in hopes of making that happen.

"Everyone we have talked to for advice has been very receptive to what we are working on," said Arlen, an oncology scientist at M.D. Anderson Cancer Institute. "Whoever it is — angel investors, private-equity firms, venture capitalists — they all tell us, 'Get back in touch with us when you are further along.' "

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Author:Richard Burnett