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sounds as he scanned the spreadsheets, murmuring тАЬUm-hmmm, um-hmmm,тАЭ in a sociable way, but now
that he was thinking about the information in the spreadsheets, his face betrayed an almost burning
intensity. This guy was definitely one of the passionate ones, Leo saw.

тАЬTell me about this algorithm,тАЭ he said finally.

Derek looked to Leo, who said, тАЬWell, the mathematician developing it is a recent hire at Torrey Pines,
and heтАЩs been collaborating with our lab to test a set of operations heтАЩs developed, to see how well they
can predict the proteins associated with any given gene, and as you can seeтАЭтАФclicking his own laptop
screen to the first of the project report slidesтАФтАЬitтАЩs been really good at predicting them in certain
situations,тАЭ pointing to them on the screenтАЩs first slide.

тАЬAnd how would this affect the targeted delivery system youтАЩre working on?тАЭ

тАЬWell, right now itтАЩs helping us to find proteins with ligands that bind better to their receptor ligands in
target organ cells. ItтАЩs also helping us test for proteins that we can more successfully shove across cell
walls, using the hydrodynamic methods weтАЩve been investigating for the past few months.тАЭ He clicked
ahead to the slide that displayed this workтАЩs results, trying to banish BrianтАЩs and MartaтАЩs names from his
mind, he definitely did not want to be calling it the Popping Eyeball Method, the Exploding Mouse
Method. тАЬAs you can see,тАЭ pointing to the relevant results, тАЬsaturation has been good in certain
conditions.тАЭ This seemed a little weak, and so he added, тАЬThe algorithm is also proving to be very
successful in guiding work weтАЩve been doing with botanists on campus, on algal designs.тАЭ

тАЬHow does that connect with this?тАЭ

тАЬWell, itтАЩs for plant engineering.тАЭ

Bannet looked at Derek.

Derek said, тАЬWe plan to use it to pursue the improvement of targeted delivery. Clearly the method is
robust, and people can use it in a wide variety of applications.тАЭ

But there was no hiding it, really. Their best results so far were in an area that would not necessarily ever
become useful to human medicine. And yet human medicine was what Torrey Pines Generique was
organized to do. Biocal also.

тАЬIt looks really promising, eh?тАЭ Derek said. тАЬIt could be that itтАЩs an algorithm that is more than just a
mathematical exercise, more like a law of nature. The grammar of how genes express themselves. It
could mean a whole suite of patents when the applications are all worked out.тАЭ
тАЬUm-hmmm,тАЭ Bannet said, looking down again at DerekтАЩs laptop, which was still at the financial page.
Almost pathetic, really; except it must have been a fairly common story, so that Bannet would not
necessarily be shocked or put off. He would simply be considering the investment on a risk-adjusted
basis, which would take the present situation into account.

Finally he said, тАЬIt looks very interesting. Of course itтАЩs always a bit of a sketchy feeling, when youтАЩve
gotten to the point of having all your eggs in one basket like this. But sometimes one is all you need. The
truth is, I donтАЩt really know yet.тАЭ

Derek nodded in reluctant agreement. тАЬWell, you know. We believe very strongly in the importance of
therapies for the most serious diseases, and so we concentrated on that, and now we kind of have to,