Singapore's multibillion dollar gamble

Figure 1Biopolis, Singapore's futuristic research hub.How does a country one-fourth the size of Rhode Island with little history in biomedical science become one of the world's biomedical research giants? The answer: with a pile of money and a large dose of chutzpah. Since 2000, Singapore...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of experimental medicine 2006-05, Vol.203 (5), p.1139-1142
1. Verfasser: Van Epps, Heather L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Figure 1Biopolis, Singapore's futuristic research hub.How does a country one-fourth the size of Rhode Island with little history in biomedical science become one of the world's biomedical research giants? The answer: with a pile of money and a large dose of chutzpah. Since 2000, Singapore has dumped more than US$2 billion into developing a biomedical research industry-from scratch. Is the gamble paying off?
ISSN:0022-1007
1540-9538
DOI:10.1084/jem.20060895