Can L.A. Stop Being a Slacker In Biomedicine?

The Ingredients For Supremacy Are All Here. We Just Need To Step Up Our Game-Slightly.

If you haven’t already forgotten the London Olympics, and any competitors from those games come to mind, you probably think of the big winners, like Usain Bolt or Michael Phelps. You might also remember some silver medalists and a few bronzes. But do you remember Tyson Gay? He’s the fellow who came in fourth after Bolt in the 100-meter dash. Gay is a world-class athlete. It was an impressive achievement. However, no medal, no glory.

Los Angeles has a similar problem–the Tyson Gay problem–when it comes to biomedicine. Certainly, the region …