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Sunshine biomedicine

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Over the past eight years, the state of Florida has invested close to a billion dollars to attract renowned research organizations to open up shop within its borders. But even with the arrival of several heavyweights, including the Scripps Research Institute and the Max Planck Institute, some continue to question whether the investment was worthwhile. Christopher Mims reports.

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