Purdue Develops New Strategy for Drug Discovery
Research scientists often confront the “valley of death”—the gaping hole that exists between laboratory discoveries and their transformation into new medical treatments and products. And the most lethal factor for most researchers is money. However, Purdue University is blazing an unusual trail to help make ends meet in translational research. Rather than rely on traditional […]
Chinese Tsinghua to Start R&D Fund, 1,000 Incubators in Innovation Push
Tsinghua Holdings will invest no less than 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) in research over five years and set up a fund to help commercialize scientific discoveries, Chairman Xu Jinghong said in an interview. The company, a state-owned enterprise that was founded in 2003 by Chinese president Xi Jinping’s alma mater, Tsinghua University, kicked off two […]