Category: Business
-
Photo: Shengfang Jin, PhD, Vice President and Head of Discovery Biology, Editas Medicine This morning, I attended an online presentation by two experts on gene editing and CRISPR. Shengfang Jin, VP of Editas Medicine, and Andrew Lin, who heads the Rare Disease Center at WuXi AppTec, presented a lot of…
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
Investors lost over $9 billion on Theranos, the diagnostics testing company run by Elizabeth Holmes that was exposed as a fraud. Worse yet, patients received inaccurate test results, imperilling their health. But what if asking one simple question could’ve prevented all this? In the book Editing Humanity, Keith Davies notes…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Angel Investing, Audible, Audiobooks, Biology, Biotech, CRISPR, Elizabeth Holmes, Investing, News, Science, Technology, Theranos, Venture Capital+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
We may soon be able to edit our own genes using a new technology called CRISPR. It uses a bacteria to change data in the genetic code and could one day cure rare genetic diseases. There is also potential in editing genes to prevent cancer and heart disease. In the…
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Cancer, CRISPR, DNA, Doudna, Gene editing, Gene therapy, Genes, Heart disease, Sickle cell disease, Wellness+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
In my prior career in medical software, I worked both five and four day weeks. Guess which one I preferred? Correct! But I was also rested and refreshed on Monday when I worked 4 day weeks. 5 day weeks? Not so much. Late in my tenure in software, I was…
Tremendous 