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Ole Isacson: Development of New Therapies for Parkinson's Disease
Published on: April 29, 2007
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1Keith R. Yamamoto is a professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and vice chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy and director of Precision Medicine, UCSF, San Franciso, CA, USA. He is also the president of AAAS, Washington, DC, USA.
Abstract:
The world is continuously being transformed by science and technology (S&T), but to deliver equitable benefits to the public, scientists must be embedded in influential sectors of society-policy, diplomacy, journalism, law, business, education, and more. This means injecting PhD-level experts at every stage of research and development, from ideation, investigation, and investment to manufacture, deployment, regulation, and after-market evaluation.
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