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Feeding the World's Hungry: Fostering an Efficient and Responsive Food Access Pipeline
The 2008 global financial crisis left people with less money to feed their families and institution
s with fewer resources to help. At the time of the lab, hunger impacted 1B people, 65% of whom were concentrated in seven countries. Despite t
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State Technology and Science Index 2012
Massachusetts is first -- again -- in the Milken Institute's State Technology and Science Index 201
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Making plants into products through industrial biotech would benefit from policy support, effective advocacy and sustained funding
LOS ANGELES — Industrial biotechnology can turn plants into plastics, chemicals and other products t
hat are usually made with petroleum.
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Outcome-based philanthropic giving can drive food security and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to Milken Institute report
(LOS ANGELES) Despite significant donor and philanthropic efforts, economic growth in sub-Saharan Af
rica continues to be hampered by agricultural diseases that sicken or kill livestock and contaminate crops.
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New Study Highlights Nebraska's Position in Technology and Science
LOS ANGELES — Investments in science and technology — from higher education to industry research and
development — are the decisive factors in creating a sustainable economic future, a new study from the Milken Institute finds.
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Who's Number One in Technology and Science? Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia Lead Milken Institute Index
LOS ANGELES — In Colorado, Gov. Bill Owens recently redirected $50 million in state funds to a new C
olorado Venture Capital Authority to provide capital to businesses throughout the state.
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Milken Institute Releases 2008 State Technology and Science Index at BIO, June 19th
The Milken Institute will release its 2008 State Technology and Science Index at a press conference
on June 19th at the annual BIO International Convention in San Diego.
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Massachusetts maintains lead as nation's top state in technology and science, according to Milken Institute
SAN DIEGO — Massachusetts, which just passed a $1-billion life sciences bill to invest in high-tech
infrastructure and research and development over the next 10 years, is in the best position of any state to achieve high-quality economic growth thanks t
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Massachusetts leads U.S. in technology and science, Milken Institute index shows; Brain drain and budget cuts threaten many states' competitiveness, ability to create jobs
(LOS ANGELES) With competition rising from abroad and federal funding increasingly scarce, states ar
e looking to their own innovation assets as a way to grow and sustain a 21st century economy.
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New, effective investment models work to fund drug discovery for the developing worldMilken Institute report identifies innovative financing for global health research
LOS ANGELES— The world of medicine has long been divided— between developed countries that can affor
d cutting-edge treatments and developing ones whose poor populations too often go without urgently needed care.
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Financial innovations can help produce new medicines through funding of early-stage drug development, Milken Institute report says
Despite the enormous potential of biomedical research to cure disease, public and private funding ha
s declined — a trend that could jeopardize efforts to find improved treatments for people with life-threatening illnesses.
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Milken Institute Report: Innovative Financing Can Help Rebuild Northern Israel
JERUSALEM — One year after the Second Lebanon War, northern Israel continues to suffer from high une
mployment, high poverty rates and a lack of infrastructure needed to help rebuild the war-torn region.
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