S.F. becomes biological choice / City's starting to attract more biotechnology firms: "San Francisco officials have long lamented the dearth of biotech companies in the city, despite the fact that scores of companies located elsewhere have arisen from UCSF's research. City officials have campaigned to lure some of the companies away from the suburban biotech centers surrounding San Francisco, promoting the Mission Bay development near China Basin as the big hope to build a significant cluster.
But it turns out that, with almost no public attention, biotech companies have been sprouting inside the city limits -- near BART stations, in the Financial District, around the Caltrain station and AT&T Park. And it has happened before most of Mission Bay's lab and office space has opened."
