Labs in Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, and Singapore have begun to dwarf labs in the UK, and by extension the US, in terms of physical space, talent, and most important in terms of development of cell lines, and particularly across species lines. We’ve blogged to death about the insecurity in Wisconsin about other states, particularly California, hogging the stem cell research dollars. And yes, Advanced Cell Technology is moving there. But no state in the U.S. has spent half the money that is budgeted in the research groups in Asia, and it is beginning to show.
Labels: Asia, brain drain, stem cell research