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REPORT. The city of Cambridge, near Boston, concentrates labs, universities and investors. A paradise for researchers. Welcome to the mecca of pharma!
From our special correspondent in Boston (USA), Francois Miguet
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UA faint thread of voice escapes from the room bathed in light in front of which we wait. ” Come in ! » At 78, Phillip Sharp could have retired years ago, but he continues to teach. This biologist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has already lived so many lives! In 1977, he identified, with his Harvard colleague Richard Roberts, the way in which RNA is cut. The duo is awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Then, in 1978, he co-founded Biogen, one of the first biotechnology companies. In doing so, he contributed to lastingly changing the face of his city, Cambridge, in the inner suburbs of Boston. “Look, in Kendall Square, there were only parking lots and vacant lots, he tells us, displaying a black and white photo…
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