title: Singapore's multibillion dollar gamble.
abstract: Figure 1Biopolis, Singapore's futuristic research hub.How does a country one-fourth the size of Rhode Island with little history in biomedical science become one of the world's biomedical research giants? The answer: with a pile of money and a large dose of chutzpah. Since 2000, Singapore has dumped more than US$2 billion into developing a biomedical research industry-from scratch. Is the gamble paying off?
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Van Epps
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D012846:Singapore