51.   Patents carry even greater import in the biotech industry than in most other fields.

52.   Researchers order DNA clones through a Web site that lists a mind-numbing collection of offerings that would mean little to anyone outside the biotech industry.

53.   Several Web sites such as www.bio.com also contain job listings for the biotech industry, but few of the listings include salary data.

54.   Should Republicans lose the House, two California Democrats, considered unfriendly by the biotech industry, would take over committees that oversee the drug and biotech industries.

55.   SOME OPTIMISM FOR BIOTECH The biotech industry has had a bit of a resurgence this year as the stocks of several companies have posted strong recoveries.

56.   Speaker Paul Rabinow, a UC Berkeley sociologist who has studied the biotech industry, delivered a provocative observation when he challenged the underpinnings of bioethics.

57.   Spotfire Inc. is launching software to help researchers and decision makers in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries gather and analyze information from databases and Web sites.

58.   Some in the biotech industry think the company deserves these fees for its insight.

59.   Such advice is creating a quandary for the biotech industry.

60.   State lawmakers say they are eager to help the biotech industry take hold in the city.