How Seattle Set Out to Create a Biotech Hub and Fostered a Global Health Nexus

How Seattle Set Out to Create a Biotech Hub and Fostered a

I recently organized a MOHAI walking tour of South Lake Union to begin to explore the roots of the museum’s new neighborhood. My original intent was to explain the importance of South Lake Union as a biotech hub but a different theme emerged in the course of my research. It is true that Seattle has some success attracting biotech organizations to the city, and the prospects for our region are promising, but not stellar. Where our city, and the South Lake Union neighborhood in particular are "punching above our weight" is in our contribution to global health.

Don Rule

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