Merrill Lynch analysts argue in a forthcoming report that the phenomenon will hold sway in the education industry as well. Last time Cal State Northridge tried to rent out the its vacant 65-acre tract, it faced stiff local opposition. This time it's different. As biotech big-name MiniMed, Inc. prepares to move into its new home on the Cal State tract, the college and community are thinking big. In the start-up frenzy, Stanford has always been a bridesmaid, never a bride.
Investigators now suspect that the bug hatched from a college thesis project.
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