“MUST READ”
One evening last November, a
fifty-four-year-old woman from the Bronx arrived at the emergency room at
Columbia University’s medical center with a grinding headache. Her vision had
become blurry, she told the E.R. doctors, and her left hand felt num…
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
Advances in optical mapping, linked reads,
PacBio and nanopore sequencing are enabling generating highly contiguous large
genome sequences routinely and inexpensively. However, this in turn is creating
intense demand for efficiently and reliably pre…
Droplet digital PCR? It’s easy. Because
we’re here to guide you through it. We recently introduced you to the
principles of digital PCR technology and how it differs from qPCR. via Pocket
HEALTH/MEDECINE
Eric J. Topol, MD: Hello. This is Eric Topol,
editor-in-chief of Medscape. I am delighted to welcome Feng Zhang, who is with
us today to discuss his extraordinary work in CRISPR (clustered regularly
interspaced short palindromic repeats). via Pocket
A few months ago I had my gut microbiome
analyzed–a $99 value–free of charge. The American Gastroenterology Association
made the offer to all of its trainee members, myself included. via Pocket
Two years ago, Time wrongly reported that “Most
cancer is beyond your control.” The Guardian incorrectly wrote: “Two-thirds of
adult cancers largely ‘down to bad luck’ rather than genes.” And the BBC
misleadingly said: “Most cancer types ‘just bad l…
COMPANIESSOMETHING DIFFERENT
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Amazon and
Walmart are in an all-out price war that is terrifying America’s biggest brands
- Recode
Last month, Walmart gathered some of America’s
biggest household brands near its Arkansas headquarters for a tough talk. For
years, Walmart had dominated the retail landscape on the back of its “Everyday
Low Price” guarantee. But now, Walmart was to…
Once again the Paris Innovation Review
(formerly ParisTech Review) publishes a series of excellent articles, this time
dedicated to start-ups. These are: – Companies like others? A sociological
survey of French startup. – Startups Employees Perks & …
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