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.

Genomes Unzipped

New Blog on the Block

Genomes Unzipped is a new blog site that aims to provide independent and informed analysis of developments in the field of genetics, with a particular focus on implications for the budding industry of personal genomics. S. Pelech welcomes more critical analyses in this area, especially since only about 3% of the human genome actually encodes proteins and other recognizable RNA elements such as tRNA, rRNA and microRNA, and the rest is probably filler or "junk" DNA. He argues that the current euphoria and focus on genome sequencing in thousands of humans and hundreds of other species will lead to a major diversion of funding and research that will be insufficient to support the delivery of personalized medicine. Read More...