Name That Tumor: Moffitt Cancer Research Institute has teamed up with Merck to create M2Gen -home to the largest database of tumors in the world.
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Life Sciences – On the Curing Edge
Tampa Bay’s life sciences and medical device manufacturing industry clusters place the region at the forefront of innovative life-saving and life-extending science and discovery and at the gateway to Florida’s High Tech Corridor.
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Instiutute, in collaboration with researchers at Scripps Florida, has been awarded a five-year, nearly $2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to design lymph nodes for cancer immunotherapy
- Roskamp Institute has recently identified a potential target for developing novel therapeutics for intervention in Alzheimer's disease
- USF Center for Biological Defense is part of a growing number of regional firms producing new forensic science protocols and systems
Tampa Bay ranks in the top 20 nationwide for medical device manufacturing clusters. The industry employs more than 10,000 people with an average wage in excess of $49,000 and produces over $2 billion worth of goods and services for an economic impact of more than 51,000 jobs and $5 billion.
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