title: Spire Corporation: a paradigm for success in the 90s.
abstract: There is much talk now of "defense conversion" and the need to turn a given country's "peace dividend" into improving its "infrastructure." Beyond the obvious political rhetoric, those terms bode well for the field of biotechnology. Every facet of technology must attend to its "delivery system," for the same obvious reason, roads and bridges must be maintained and improved. In the case of biosensors and their delivery into the human body, for example, it stands to reason that adequate focus should be paid to advancements in the field of the biomaterials from which they are made, or that house or carry them.
authors.affiliation: Spire Corporation, Bedford, MA 01730-2396.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000266:history / Q000458:organization & administration; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration; D008404:Massachusetts; D011108:Polymers; D012109:Research Support as Topic
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011108:Polymers