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This article presents the impact of scientific and technical diaspora in the development process of the argentine’s biotechnology sector. This sector shows a growing economical dynamism, with significant growth prospects, a network of actors, both public and private, that interact synergistically, and publics policies that support its development with grants and several types of specific actions. Market analysts predict significant growth prospects for this sector if it follow counting with qualified human resources and public policies that encourage it. Based on research conducted between October 2009 and April 2011 in the field of Argentine molecular biology and biotechnology laboratories, we have identified the central features that characterize and investigate the role the scientific and technical diaspora has in this dynamic growth. In this paper we analyze some emblematic cases to show the intricate relationship the scientific diaspora has with the public and private field of biotechnology in Argentina.