The Saudi royal family has started a not-for-profit organization called the Hevolution Foundation that plans to spend up to $1 billion a year of its oil wealth supporting basic research on the biology of aging and finding ways to extend the number of years people live in good health, a […]
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Lyon College plans vet and dental schools with private funds
Lyon College, a small, private institution in Arkansas with a student enrollment of just under 700, plans to open professional schools for veterinary science and dentistry as soon as 2024. The plans are ambitious for a college of modest size and wealth, and its leaders acknowledge they did not make […]
Eli Lilly plans $700 million genetic medicine institute in Boston
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly on Tuesday announced plans to make a major investment and establish an Institute for Genetic Medicine in Boston.The Indianapolis-based company announced that it plans to invest approximately $700 million to establish the facility in the Boston Seaport.”Within 5 years, Lilly projects the Boston site will grow […]