life science
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life sciences
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Any of several branches of science, such as biology, medicine, and ecology, that study the structural and functional organization of living organisms and their relationships to each other and the environment.
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Origin of life science
First recorded in 1940–45
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“AI-driven drug discovery, clinical development and diagnostics are beginning to improve productivity across the sector, while life science tools appear to be emerging from a multiyear destocking cycle.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Bio-Techne provides analytical technologies and life science tools used by researchers and drug manufacturers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Because the method can prolong the viability of biological materials, it has the potential to benefit many areas of life science research and application.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
His co-founder and co-CEO, Vik Bajaj, is a professor at Stanford’s School of Medicine who previously co-founded Google’s life science division, Verily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026
Once now and then the great Orient pauses on her outward route to Australia, slowing her engines: the immense length of her hull contains every adjunct of modern life; science, skill, and civilisation are there.
From Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies
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