9 Best Articles in 2022
Bloomberg
From Biotech to Bitcoin: Bioptix Shifts Focus to Blockchain
Bloomberg
5 min read · From 2017 · Bioptix Inc., a maker of diagnostic machinery for the biotech industry, is jumping on the digital-currencies bandwagon.
Shared by 62, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, John Hues, William El Kaim, Thomas Power
genengnews.com
The Future of Biotech in an Artificially Intelligent World
genengnews.com
6 min read · Jan 5th · Biotech will benefit from AI capabilities that include protein structure prediction, pattern recognition, and support for iterative processes.
Reader View · Shared by 77, including Terence Mills, Marcus Borba
VANITY FAIR
Exclusive: How Elizabeth Holmes’s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down
VANITY FAIR
~20 min read · From 2016 · In a searing investigation into the once lauded biotech start-up Theranos, Nick Bilton discovers that its precocious founder defied medical experts—even her own chief scientist—about the veracity of its now discredited blood-testing technology.
Reader View · Shared by 88, including Mathew Ingram, Mark Bao, Call Me ❝MICKEY❞, Christian Fauteux, Flurin Capaul, Brian T. Edwards
Y Combinator
How Biotech Startup Funding Will Change in the Next 10 Years
Y Combinator
6 min read · From 2019 · I've noticed that raising money for a biotech or other life science company in 2019 looks a lot like raising money for a tech company 10 years ago. Since then, fundamental forces caused fundraising…
Reader View · Shared by 30, including 瑞拿頭, Paul Graham, Mahantesh Biradar, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙
nature
First genetically modified mosquitoes released in the United States
nature
5 min read · 2021-05-04 · Biotech firm Oxitec launches controversial field test of its insects in Florida after years of push-back from residents and regulatory complications.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 252, including Dr. Saskia Popescu, Stephan Woodtli, Nathan Benaich, Chris Brogan/Chief of Staff, getAbstract, Roger Highfield
Quanta Magazine
New Brain Maps Can Predict Behaviors
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · 2021-12-06 · Rapid advances in large-scale connectomics are beginning to spotlight the importance of individual variations in the neural circuitry. They also highlight the limitations of “wiring diagrams” alone.
Shared by 487, including Lee Keyes, Kevin Mitchell, ipfconline 🇺🇦, Matthias Lampe, justin caouette, Albert Ràfols, Brian Ahier, Terence Mills, Ward Plunet, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), AI, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Scott Monty, John Hagel
neo.life
What to Expect in Neuroscience, Genetics, Longevity, Biotech, and Psychedelics in 2022
neo.life
Jan 21st · We ask the experts what’s coming in the next 12 months.
Shared by 261, including John Nosta, Christian Fauteux, Daniel Kraft, MD, MAPS
City Journal
The New Productivity Revolution
City Journal
~13 min read · 2021-05-18 · Innovations in biotech, energy, and space could drive the next generation of prosperity—if we let it happen.
Reader View · Shared by 223, including Gabriele, Steven Pinker, Tim, Ser Jeff Garzik
Singularity Hub
These 2021 Biotech Breakthroughs Will Shape the Future of Health and Medicine
Singularity Hub
6 min read · Jan 5th · 2021 was a big year for biotechnology, and the top three advances made will impact the field for years—if not decades—to come.
Reader View · Shared by 59, including Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe & Carpe Diem, ipfconline 🇺🇦, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Dr. Sally Eaves #TechForGood #GartnerSummitEMEA, Oliver Ewinger, Andreas Staub, Brian Ahier, John Hagel, IronBrigade - Gaming/Vlogs, AI
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STAT
A new biotech investment firm, headed by a pair of noteworthy VCs, seeks to ‘free the founders’
STAT
1 min read · May 11th · Curie Bio, a new biotech investment firm from Zach Weinberg and Alexis Borisy is intended to, as they put it, “free the founders.”
Shared by 8, including Josh Wolfe
a16z
A Guide to Decentralized Biotech
a16z
9 min read · Apr 21st · Shared lab space, DAO-funded projects, and other signs of big structural change in a traditionally centralized industry.
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Steffanie Strathdee, PhD 🗡️ 🦠Superbug Slayer🗡️, John Nosta, Susannah Fox
Forbes
Want To Save The Planet? Invest In Better Ag Policy, Not Biotech Meat
Forbes
4 min read · May 3rd · The fantasy of biotech meat is a dangerous distraction from the entrenched politics that made conventional meat production so ubiquitous in the first place.
Reader View · Shared by 7
The Wall Street Journal
Biotech Stocks, Once Booming, Enter Bear Territory
The Wall Street Journal
Apr 3rd · The biotech stock index, which rose early in the pandemic, fell nearly 20% in the first quarter due to research failures, slowing M&A and rising interest rates.
Shared by 9, including @wef @davos #wef22 R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A Metaverse
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kauffmanfellows.org
3 reasons biotech is at an inflection point and why early-stage tech VCs should be investing now
kauffmanfellows.org
5 min read · From 2019 · Here’s what we learned after analyzing 1,227 biotech startup pitches. “I invested in biotech once, and it only took me 12 years…to lose all my money.” As venture capitalists investing in highly…
Reader View · Shared by 12, including Francesco Corea
TechCrunch
All the companies from Y Combinator’s W20 Demo Day, Part IV: Healthcare, Biotech, Fintech and Nonprofits
TechCrunch
9 min read · From 2020 · With YC's W20 Demo Day coming in at nearly 200 companies, we've decided to split our recap into multiple posts for easier reading. These are the Healthcare/Biotech, Fintech, and Non-profit companies.
Reader View · Shared by 33, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
Science Magazine
‘Absolutely remarkable’: No one who got Moderna's vaccine in trial developed severe COVID-19
Science Magazine
3 min read · 2020-11-30 · Biotech will ask FDA for emergency approval as final results from efficacy trial back up initial claim of vaccine success.
Reader View · Shared by 85, including Guy Kawasaki, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, George J Huba PhD, Deborah Blum, Martin Enserink, Carrie Brown, Carl Zimmer, Eric Topol, News from Science, Prof. Devi Sridhar, Steve Silberman, Christina Sommers, Kai Kupferschmidt
Science Magazine
In a major shift, cancer drugs go ‘tissue-agnostic’
Science Magazine
From 2018 · Barely 2 years after enrolling its first patient, a small biotech company has shown the worth of the first drug deliberately targeted to any solid tumor carrying a specific mutation. The mutation is…
Summary · Shared by 78, including getAbstract
VANITY FAIR
Exclusive: How Elizabeth Holmes’s House of Cards Came Tumbling Down
VANITY FAIR
~20 min read · From 2016 · In a searing investigation into the once lauded biotech start-up Theranos, Nick Bilton discovers that its precocious founder defied medical experts—even her own chief scientist—about the veracity of…
Reader View · Shared by 75, including Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ ASID
TechCrunch
All 50 startups from Y Combinator’s Summer 2017 Demo Day 1
TechCrunch
20+ min read · From 2017 · Biotech and artificial intelligence have emerged as the top startup trends at Y Combinator's 25th Demo Day. The 124 companies presenting at the entrepreneur..
Reader View · Shared by 66, including Danny Prol, Joe Filcik, Thomas Power, Leo Polovets, Scott Williams, blinch, Jacob Jarnvall, Mark Pitman
The Guardian
Moderna Covid vaccine candidate almost 95% effective, trials show
The Guardian
3 min read · 2020-11-16 · US-based biotech firm is latest to reveal impressive results from phase 3 trials of jab
Reader View · Shared by 62, including Akshat Rathi, Guy Longworth, Mike Butcher, Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉, Owen Williams ⚡, Niddal Salah-Eldin, Jo Wolff, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
CNN
How this South Korean company created coronavirus test kits in three weeks
CNN
5 min read · From 2020 · Before there were any cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in South Korea, one of the country's biotech firms had begun preparing to make testing kits to identify the disease.
Reader View · Shared by 25, including Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Carl Robinson 🎙️, Dean of Big Data 🎓 #DOBD, Cathy B 🌻, Esther Schindler
Singularity Hub
Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things
Singularity Hub
4 min read · From 2019 · Biology is capable of extraordinary feats of engineering, and the next frontier in building technology might be to make buildings part of nature.
Reader View · Shared by 23, including John Hagel, Tom Connor
