title: Biomaterials. New Chinese biochip center straddles business, academe.
abstract: Last month, U.S.-trained entrepreneur and researcher Cheng Jing was named head of a new, two-pronged biochip venture here that will be highly unusual even for China, which has been experimenting with academic-industrial arrangements in recent years. One part is a for-profit company backed by $48 million from a combination of national and academic partners and overseas venture capital. The second piece is a nonprofit national center with nearly $10 million in research funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology.
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authors.lastname: Yimin
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D056246:Chemistry, Analytic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002681:China; D003132:Commerce; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008904:Miniaturization; D012106:Research