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life sciences

  • plural
    of life science.
    life science
    noun
    any science that deals with living organisms, their life processes, and their interrelationships, as biology, medicine, or ecology.

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If the mRNA business takes off, Tempus could have a powerful new entry point into MRD, explains Douglas Eby, CEO of Bioaxia, a life sciences value investment firm that owns Tempus and Personalis shares.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

With support from Berkeley's life sciences entrepreneurship ecosystem, including Nucleate and Berkeley SkyDeck, the researchers have created a company called ReRx Therapeutics to help move the research toward potential use in patients.

From Science Daily Aug. 23, 2026

Varda Space Industries, a microgravity-enabled life sciences company that processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth, also occupies offices there.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The two leaders also announced a new "bilateral co-operation framework" on trade and investment, life sciences, research and innovation, and security and defence.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

He and Dolores had been at Hunt College together, in physics and the life sciences.

From Mr. Spaceship by Philip K. Dick