Orszag thinks that economics and medicine are both beginning to take into account a factor that had been left out of scientificmodels for years: human behavior.
The latest models from Rita Medical and Boston Scientific contain umbrella-like tines that fold out from the main needle once it has been inserted into the tumor.
Farlow's Scientific Glassblowing makes the glass organs and vascular models used by medical-device manufacturers in preliminary testing to determine whether their products will work in real-life situations.
They can leverage their expertise in areas like marketing and new media to support inventive programs, and provide passionate employee role models to spark and sustain interest in scientific education and careers among children of all ages.
About half the interior is original, and half has been rebuilt using molds, models and color cues from what remained and from documentation and scientific analysis.
Obviously this implies a disruption of current drug discovery approaches as well as related business models, which constitutes a major challenge to the pharmaceutical industry and therewith to all, executives and scientific leaders as well.