University of Massachusetts - Amherst Aims to Grow a Biotech Hub a 100 Miles From Boston and Kendall Square

AMHERST — Can the University of Massachusetts grow a viable life sciences cluster from scratch almost 100 miles west of the Boston and Cambridge biotech hub?

A lot of taxpayer money, and some reputations, are riding on the answer.

UMass Amherst last month opened its Institute for Applied Life Sciences in a new 275,000-square-foot building perched on a hill.

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