Hoping to make the most of their research dollars, a group of otherwise competitive Harvard teaching hospitals have decided to put aside their battle for status and pool their research efforts to shorten the bench-to-bedside time for their discoveries. If they don't, the institutions involved could actually end up losing money. Article [1]
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[1] http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/30/harvard_medical_researchers_to_pool_work/