Intriguing article in the
Los Angeles Business Journal by
Dr. Robert Kotler, arguing that Los Angeles should be the home of the American Center for Cures (ACC). The idea is to establish one place to be a hub for not just medical research, but medicine development. As in, consciously turning research into cures for people, the way that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funds specific ideas and inventions for the US military.
The ACC is the brainchild of Chicago businessman
Lou Weisbach and Miami urologist
Dr. Rick Boxer.
Weisbach had been arguing to locate the ACC in Chicago, but of course, the ACC could flourish anywhere there's adequate capital and sufficient legal and regulatory protection. What's most important is to get the ACC going somewhere.
