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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (10337)	11/7/2001 1:22:57 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 23153

Howdy Ed, Well, you plum nearly wore out that keyboard on that last one, "girley" fingers or not. There's a lot of general agreement that I have with you. With health care represeting something on the order of 14% of GNP in the U.S., it's a Willie Sutton kinda decision to look for investments there. Re: Warning, I don't know a damn thing about biology; I don't even remember if I took it in high school. Well, then, I'm one class ahead of you, possibly. I found that some of the SI threads, including Celera, were quite informative as I was attempting to form some sort of informed opinions. Here's a book I've read to try to understand the industry: amazon.com It's a tad dated now, but it does provide good industry background. It won't cover today's bleeding edge. Here's more on Cynthia Robbins-Roth: biospace.com She writes occasional columns for Forbes Magazine, that are quite readable: forbes.com OK, once you digest some of that, we'll carry on. The field of biotech is endlessly fascinating, and it'd be fun to bat some concepts around. :) For now, I'd have to say that I believe I have enough information to be a danger to myself as a biotech investor. As always, YMMV. <g> -Ray