Germany's Biotech Boomlet

A teutonic wave of biotech start-ups is gathering, fed by government money, new venture funds and a handful of academics. But given the cultural and managerial obstacles, it's not certain that this wave will have the energy to reach the shore.

by Roger Longman

Had Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, PhD, been an American academic of equal stature, the answer to her question would have been simple:...

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