CommonHealth: Covering Boston to the BioBoom.

WBUR’s CommonHealth presents "BioBoom" – a weeklong news series exploring how the thriving biotech businesses in and around Kendall Square are impacting the local community and the cultural fabric of Boston. The series airs at the same time nearly 20,000 biotech types are gathering in the city for BIO, the industry’s biggest convention. WBUR explores the what, the who and the why of biotech, the fast-growing new sector that is increasingly a signature force in Boston.

Listen to WBUR’s Morning Edition from 5 a.m. – 9 a.m. all week, and explore the whole series online at www.wbur.org/bioboom

Funding for the series provided by Charles River Discovery.