Heymann said that it's not clear how long it will take to establish whether or not there is a causal link between Zika virus and microcephaly, but that the United States, Brazil and others were collaborating to begin studies, starting in the next two weeks.
Last fall, Deere collaborated with Arizona State University to begin a customized M.B.A. program that combined the traditional classroom with the Internet.
"We are excited to have closed the acquisition in order to begin collaborating to offer the best in quality and depth of content, user experience and new business opportunities for our partners," said Eric Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer of Google.
He used the Living Wage as an example, pointing out that businesses who signed up to that initiative began collaborating to ensure mutual success.
Tsai said her lab and others have begun collaborating to explore the possible benefits of light therapy for those diseases as well.
Last fall, American and Mexican wireless carriers began collaborating to address the cross-border trade in stolen phones after learning that Mexican drug cartels were using them to communicate with kidnapping victims' relatives without being traced.
Last week, Geron's chief executive, Thomas Okarma, said he was eager to begin collaborating with government-financed researchers.
In an interview today, Geron's chief executive, Thomas Okarma, dismissed the concern over intellectual property as a red herring, and said his company was eager to begin collaborating with university researchers.
Ren added that Tencent plans to begin collaborating with more companies to provide online-to-offline services.
The blog's success prompted Moss to begin collaborating with researchers including Dr. Anne Wilson, the chair of the Canadian Psychological Research Board.
