We sometimes hear about diminishing returns in cancer research and development in the big pharmaceutical companies. They tell us, traditional drug discovery techniques have picked most of the low-hanging fruit in the field. Cancer cells are tricky devils, able to quickly mutate resistance to our best available therapies.
[Read more...]An Electrifying Biotechnology – A Shot at Shocking Profits
May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fascination with the effects of electricity on the body goes back — way back.
In the 1770s Italian physician and physicist Luigi Galvani shocked the world with the discovery that a spark could cause a dead frog’s legs to twitch.
In 1802, German chemist Johann Wilhelm Ritter furthered Galvani’s research into electrophysiology. He observed how halting a strong current in muscle nerves could cause a muscle to contract.
[Read more...]An Electrifying Biotechnology – A Shot at Shocking Profits
May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Fascination with the effects of electricity on the body goes back — way back.
In the 1770s Italian physician and physicist Luigi Galvani shocked the world with the discovery that a spark could cause a dead frog’s legs to twitch.
In 1802, German chemist Johann Wilhelm Ritter furthered Galvani’s research into electrophysiology. He observed how halting a strong current in muscle nerves could cause a muscle to contract.
[Read more...]Catastrophically Successful Life Extension
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Truly historic discoveries and therapies are coming online right now that will radically decrease the threat and cost of autoimmune disorders, cancers, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, arthritis, obesity and diabetes, as well as dangerous influenzas, HIV and other virus-borne diseases. Regular readers know that I’m referring to companies in our portfolio.
[Read more...]Roundtrip Rockets
April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The greatest hindrance to increased space access and exploration is an economically simple one: high costs. Efforts by national governments via their space programs have only been able to make human space flight rare and expensive. If a permanent long-term human presence off the planet is ever to happen, we will need to reduce launch costs to a fraction of what we pay today.
[Read more...]Profiting From Apple…Without Investing in Apple
April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Apple released the latest iteration of its popular tablet computer this week. The latest iPad upgrades features already present in existing Apple products. Improvements include a higher-resolution display, 4G wireless capability, an upgraded processor and a pared-down version of Siri — the voice recognition platform first released on the last iPhone.
[Read more...]Are We Oppressed by Technology?
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Do we really need an iPad 3 after it seems as if iPad 2 was released only a few months ago? Was it absolutely necessary that Google give us Google+? Do phones really have to be “smart” when the old cell phones were just fine? For that matter, is it really necessary that everyone on the planet be instantly reachable by wireless videophone?
[Read more...]How the Speed of Information Has Affected Human Progress
April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Imagine receiving today’s Daily Reckoning…and then discovering our meandering correspondence postmarked for March 24, 2012. Or, to switch directions, imagine sending an email this afternoon…only to learn it won’t arrive until next Friday, April 13; a ten day delivery time.
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Superior Biotechnology Leads to Superior Drugs
We sometimes hear about diminishing returns in cancer research and development in the big pharmaceutical companies. They tell us, traditional drug discovery techniques have picked most of the low-hanging fruit in the field. Cancer cells are tricky devils, able to quickly mutate resistance to our best available therapies.
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