“MUST READ”
The sugar conspiracy In 1972, a British
scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger
to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How
did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so w…
DISRUPTION,
REVOLUTION
Get Started in Genome Editing with CRISPR –
Bitesize Bio What was once a dream is now reality: You can now target and
selectively edit the genome, thanks to the CRISPR/Cas9 technology. Changing
forever how we approach biological questions. CRISPR/Ca…
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
Craig Venter Part II: Critical Tools and
Technologies in Synthetic Genomics GEN: Looking ahead, what would you identify
as one or a few of the most significant hurdles that still represent major
roadblocks to being able to apply efficiently and effe…
World’s Smallest Real-Time PCR Device I think
we’re all fascinated by catchy headlines touting the world’s biggest, tallest,
etc., so a recent publication by Ahrberg et al. in venerable Lab on a Chip
claiming the world’s smallest real-time PCR devic…
COMPANIES
CIA’s Venture Capital Arm Is Funding Skin Care
Products That Collect DNA SKINCENTIAL SCIENCES, a company with an
innovative line of cosmetic products marketed as a way to
erase blemishes and soften skin, has caught the attention of beauty
bloggers o…
Veritas launch $999 genome Cheaper genomics is
here, and it comes with an app. This month Boston-based startup Veritas
Genetics began taking orders for its myGenome service, a $999 genome sequence
that delivers interpretation direct to users’ smartp…
Get to know 15 Awesome Biotechs in Paris Paris
attracts millions of tourists to see some of the world’s most iconic monuments
– the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame… But it also attracts a lot of
Biotechs. We selected 15 of the most successful a…
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT
How to win friends and influence people The social
network has turned itself into one of the world’s most influential technology
giants, and wants to become ever more powerful A HUGE thumbs-up, Facebook’s
“like” symbol, greets visitors at the entran…
The Abstractionist One unusually warm afternoon
last April, Zaha Hadid, the Baghdad-born, London-based architect, was seated on
a banquette in the Mercer, in SoHo, her preferred hotel in New York, eating a
chicken panino. Bits of the sandwich were f…
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