The following conclusions and recommendations are based on workshop presentations and discussions, as well as review of relevant materials and extensive discussions among the committee. This chapter ...
Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google GOOG, has a new passion that he’s betting big on: The Bioeconomy. Last year, his philanthropic organization Schmidt Futures launched a Bio Futures group and ...
This spring, the University of California, Santa Cruz, will launch a unique graduate-level training program funded by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to cross-train scientists ...
California leads the pack with a $3 billion dollar initiative to aggressively push the science over the next decade. New Jersey, Wisconsin and Illinois have also earmarked millions for the ...
A leading bioethicist at Hiroshima University is calling for an anticipatory, rather than reactive, approach to ethics after a Japanese government panel in August backed a report that brings the ...
Xenotransplantation involves the transplantation of cells, tissues, and whole organs from one species to another. Interest in animal-to-human xenotransplants has been spurred by the continuing ...