Amid a convergence of demographic, economic and technological trends, more workers are engaged in U.S. life sciences research than ever before, a new analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows. The analysis, by commercial real estate giant CBRE Group Inc., found that even with a doubling in the number of U.S. graduates in biological and biomedical sciences since 2005, biopharma companies continue to face major challenges finding talent and, increasingly, space in which to put that talent to work.

The eyes may be the window to the heart as well as the soul – particularly, to whether that heart is at risk of an infarct, researchers reported last week at the annual congress of the European Society of Human Genetics.