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At last another segment about the life sciences industry done. This one is California-centric because that’s where I work and where I have been allowed to explore.

The New York Times > Science > U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences I’ve been seeing data about this issue for a couple of years. As an American, one of the things about which I’m most proud is our achievement in science and technology. But it appears that science talent and leadership is globalizing like everything else. There ...

onPhilanthropy – Healthcare Philanthropy and the Future: Engine or Caboose? Provocative questions. These are the pivotal questions for the future of America’s health care. They, combined with the innovation upon which they are premised, create the engine pulling American health care forward. Is American philanthropy part of that debate? Is it sponsoring the services and scientific research that will open ...

Nano Weapons Join the Fight Against Cancer In experiments, nanoshells are injected into an animal’s bloodstream, where “targeting” agents applied to them seek out and attach to the surface receptors of cancerous cells. Illumination with infrared light “raises the cells’ temperature to 55 degrees Celsius” and burns away the tumor, she (scientist) says. And…