Scientific American - World View 2016 (gnv64) torrent

Scientific American - World View 2016
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5 BIOTECHNOLOGY ON ZERO DOLLARS A DAY BY JEREMY ABBATE, MIKE MAY & YALI FRIEDMAN
BIOTECH SUCCESS … AND FAILURE
6 TECH MESSAGING To demystify the ways biotechnology bene ts us all, the industry needs to start talking BY BILL CANNON
10 ALL IN THE FAMILY A health crisis can spawn the ultimate application of biotechnology—attempting to save a loved one’s life BY RENEE MORAD
12 SOCIAL REALISM The pitfalls and payo s of embracing social media BY MICHELLE GALLAHER
14 CHANGING LANES Companies thrive when workers are willing to give up their comfort zones and learn from each other BY ERIC BENDER
WORLDVIEW SCORECARD
20 A GUIDED TOUR Enhanced with a new guidebook and region-speci c ratings, the 2016 Scorecard ventures deeper than ever to track down the latest in biotech innovation
34 worldVIEWguide Biotechnology brie ngs on each Scorecard country
64 ON THE UPSWING A surge in biotechnology market capitalization and the number of public rms worldwide
66 CHANGING HUBS Pharmaceutical R&D sprouts secondary centers of collaboration
66 VYING FOR VENTURE CAPITAL As in many other businesses, no risk in biotechnology means no reward
68 A LATIN AMERICAN MINISCORECARD In Central and South America, more data shake up the rankings
THE STATE OF INNOVATION: NEW JERSEY
A SPECIAL REPORT BY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR RENEE MORAD
72 LOOKING FOR BIOTECH INNOVATION: WHAT EXIT? With its world-class institutions, business-friendly resources and rstrate workforce, New Jersey—America’s original biopharmaceutical heartland— is an unyielding driver of 21st-century biotech innovation
74 A MOONSHOT FOR THE MIND A conversation with former U.S. Representative, and recent transplant to New Jersey, Patrick J. Kennedy on how his One Mind foundation takes aim at brain disease
76 BIOTECH SUPPORT Kathleen Coviello on the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s commitment to cultivating a vibrant biotechnology sector
76 BORN TO RUN Fledgling biotechs get a running start at New Jersey’s Commercialization Center for Innovative Technologies
78 PRACTICING MEDICINE To ensure patients receive the best emergency treatment as quickly as possible, a simulation center in Parsippany takes acute and intensive care to the next level
80 LAB PARTNERS Using mobile programs and its innovative laboratory, Students 2 Science is on a mission to inspire young people to pursue life science careers
81 HOBOKEN HOTBED Stevens Institute of Technology is molding tomorrow’s biotechnology innovators in a pioneering, creative environment
WORLDVIEWPOINT
82 IT BEARS REPEATING Reversing the reproducibility crisis