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UC Davis aims to turn more of its tech into business

February 8, 2010

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From biofuels to pharmaceuticals, Sacramento-area inventors have created scores of promising scientific breakthroughs, many of them in the well-funded laboratories of UC Davis.

Turning those inventions into jobs and wealth is hard, however. Starting a high-tech company in Sacramento means overcoming the region's risk-averse mind-set, a scarcity of big-money investors and the allure of the Bay Area's tech-friendly landscape.

By Dale Kasler

Full Story: http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2518998.html
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