Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Biotech Investment

Healthcare Costs Sap Biotech VC

Christopher Weaver at the Washington Post pointed out that "over the past two decades, venture capitalists helped make possible striking advances in health care, including robotic surgery, cancer vaccines, and genomics," but "the share of venture dollars flowing to seed and early-stage investments in biotechnology and medical devices has plummeted since 2007." S. Pelech comments that despite the poor returns in recent years for investors in the biotech industry, the health, food, security and other welfare problems confronting humanity are only becoming more critical over time as our population continues to explode in size. In view of this need, he remains optimistic about the prospects of the biotech industry and its workers in the long run. Read More...