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December 15th, 2016 - 12:03 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene

Bristol-Myers Squibb to shutter ZymoGenetics

Why has UW biology been so much less successful than our rivals in San Francisco, San Diego, North Carolina, Philadelphia and Boston?  This epochal  announcement comes as a blow to the idea that Lake Union will ever become a Life Sciences Lake, rivalling San Jose’s Silicon Valley. Zymogeneti[...]

October 18th, 2016 - 1:56 am § in Misc.

Images of the 21st Century: French Post Cards: 3

SEEMORE OF THE FUTURE, from the fin de siécle.[...]

September 17th, 2016 - 11:46 am § in Misc., Science

Miracles from Science

Scientists Invent Oxygen Particle That If Injected, Allows You To Live Without Breathing   New Medical Discovery A team of scientists at the Boston Children’s Hospital have invented what is being considered one the greatest medical breakthroughs in recent years. They have designed a micropart[...]

June 22nd, 2015 - 11:28 am § in The Ave Scene

 Lee Hood Start Up Arivale: for profit company devoted to “wellness”

GeekWire reports that Lee Hood, the controversial figure whose passion drive the world of gene sequencing and led to much of today’s biotech industry is genomics pioneer who has co-founded more than a dozen biotech companies, is preparing to unveil a new startup,  Arivale. Arivale, descr[...]

February 23rd, 2011 - 8:00 am § in Jews, Misc., Science

How am I going to fill out the race forms?

Last Xmas, the genome company, 23andMe had a sale!  $100 for a genome.  My wife and I ordered our done and the results are in! One reason for doing this was to figure out how to fill in those damned forms that ask me to classify myself by race. Well, now I can and I […][...]

January 23rd, 2011 - 12:10 pm § in Misc., UW

Revolutionary Change in How Drugs Are Discovered!

Francis Collins, the Director of the NIH, has started a new effort to socialize part of the research effort. There is a huge barrier between basic science and practical development of therapy. That barrier is MONEY. Francis Collins, Director of the NIH, wants to solve this by creating a government-r[...]

January 23rd, 2011 - 9:24 am § in Uncategorized

Example: How the Free Market Can Distort Research

This article from Dr. Humphreys hit home. I have seen the same story before. The problem is not the company’s fault, the problem is a huge crack in how the free market works together with the scientific method to hurt the interests of science and of patients. Let me offer another example. Ever[...]

January 6th, 2011 - 3:21 pm § in Misc.

Will Biotech Mean Jobs in Seattle?

Biotech is a major  part of the hoped-for-future of Seattle.  Is the promise real?  Will there be jobs? No one knows more about this then Luke Timmerman,  the Seattle based national biotech reporter for Xconomy, a news agency devoted to high technology. Like will talk at 9 AM, Tuesday the 18th o[...]