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.

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Going, Going, Gone?

Blogger Ken Weiss in the Mermaid's Tale blog wondered whether from interest in whole-genome sequencing is "fading." He thinks that money should be spent on looking at specific problem-causing genes. S. Pelech takes sickle cell anemia as an example of how the identification of disease-causing genes is only the first step in a long road towards successful diagnosis and treatment of illness. He points out that environmental factors clearly have a major influence on whether most common diseases will materialize, and these can exacerbate or compensate for genetic defects. Read More...