“MUST READ”
Why Are Your Gut Microbes
Different From Mine? To find out, scientists collected poop from thousands of
people—but they ended up with more questions than answers. There are tens of
trillions of bacteria in my gut and they are different from those in…
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The quiet revolutionary: How
the co-discovery of CRISPR explosively changed Emmanuelle Charpentier’s life
Emmanuelle Charpentier's office is bare, save for her computer. Her pictures,
still encased in bubble wrap, are stacked in one corner, and unpa…
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DISRUPTION,
REVOLUTION
A DNA Sequencer in Every
Pocket A biotech company is building devices that will allow people to decipher
genes in remote jungles, at sea, or even in space—and they say they’re just
getting started.
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TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
The Real Cost of Sequencing
The real cost of sequencing is as hard to pin down as a sumo wrestler. Working
in a large-scale sequencing laboratory offers an interesting perspective on the
duality of the so-called “cost per genome.
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The Myth of Ethidium Bromide
Ethidium bromide is found in pretty much every molecular biology lab around.
Ask most biologists about handling it, and you’re get a fearful expression and
advice to use gloves, etc.
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HEALTH/MEDECINE
Gene-Editing Research in Human
Embryos Gains Momentum At the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Fredrik Lanner
is preparing to edit genes in human embryos. It’s the kind of research that
sparked an international frenzy in April last year, when a Chi…
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COMPANIES
Genetics startup Twist
Bioscience is working with Microsoft to store the world’s data in DNA Twist
Bioscience, a startup making and using synthetic DNA to store digital
data, just struck a contract with Microsoft and the University of Washington to
…
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Don’t Blame Silicon Valley for
Theranos THREE years ago, Walgreens (b. 1901) arrived in Silicon Valley for the
same reason many old economy companies do: to hurry and join the digital
vanguard before it was left behind. Walgreens quickly made a deal…
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT
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- Taking a stance sharply at odds with most American public health officials, a major British medical organization urged smokers to switch to electronic cigarettes, saying they are the best hope in generations for people addicted to tobacco cigarettes to quit.
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