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Medical City Is Changing Florida's DNA
Orlando's medical cluster is a big step toward critical mass for the state's biotech initiative.
Burnham Institute for Medical Research (open) Cost: $85 million Size: 175,000 square feet Staff: Ultimately 303, including 30 lead scientists Salaries and Benefits: $27.8 million Focus: Research into diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer and drug discoveries Notable: Burnham is one of only
four NIH comprehensive centers for chemical biology and drug discovery in
the nation. One of Burnham’s research areas at Lake Nona uses a $12-million robotic “Ultra High Throughput Chemical Screening System” that can screen more than 2 million chemical compounds
per day. |