Life Sciences : Featured Stories

Like all organisms, founders start small and evolve. But instead of birth, childhood, adolescence and adulthood, they mature from intellectual capital to incubation, bootstrapping to venture capital, startup to established company.

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Check out our picks for the week's top events.

This local artist explores the nexus of art and science -- while also embracing the glorious serendipity of both mistakes and triumphs. 

Thanks to an exciting University City Science Center program, businesses seeking a foothold in the U.S. are choosing Philadelphia. These firms are pioneering groundbreaking technologies, transforming sectors such as oncology and wind power.

In the current economy, it's all about tech-savvy, high-skill employees. We check in with three Pennsylvania companies that are growing their workforces and putting talented people to work building medical devices, generating green energy and protecting us online.

The region's reputation as a global hub for academic, scientific and entrepreneurial prowess in the life sciences is on the rise, and now thousands of industry leaders will descend on the city June 15-18.

As we look forward to a new year, Flying Kite highlights a group of game-changing Commonwealth companies. Whether they're brewing beer, saving lives, making life more convenient or helping kids learn better, these startups are poised for a big 2015. 

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Plasma could have groundbreaking applications in energy, health care and technology -- and some of the most promising research and commercialization efforts are coming out of the Philadelphia region.

Philadelphia's entrepreneurial ecosystem is coming of age. Now it's just a matter of playing to the region's strengths: life science, health care, community and enthusiasm.

The Science Center honors some of the region's most inspiring and influential thinkers in the areas of science, technology, engineering, art and math.

Philadelphia's fertile entrepreneurial environment has produced world class tech and science companies. We're checking in with some of the city's most successful homegrown hits.

"I Love My Science Job" hopes to spark young people to pursue careers in life sciences, a vital element of Philadelphia's new economy.