Although the findings seems counterintuitive considering the recent consolidation in biosciences, the fifth biennial Battelle/BIO State Bioscience Industry Development report, released last week at the BIO International Convention, indicated U.S. employment in the sector grew by 6.4 percent – or more than 96,000 jobs – between 2001 and 2010 compared to a 2.9 percent decline in overall U.S. private-sector jobs.