Gov. Christine Gregoire, in her first major initiative to boost Washington’s economy, is pushing to create a $350 million Life Sciences Discovery Fund to bankroll biomedical research in the state, according to a Jan. 2 article in the Seattle Times, by Luke Timmerman. For the full article, go to http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002167797_lifesciences02.html.
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