“Verve is developing one-time gene editing medicines that safely edit the adult human genome and mimic naturally-occurring cardioprotective variants to permanently knock out cholesterol-raising genes in the liver and treat coronary heart disease.” | learn more
“In the absence of a clinical laboratory “gold standard,” researchers are finding a high frequency of false negatives in SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests.“ | learn more
“A new study has demonstrated how a form of deep red light therapy can help address age-related decline in vision. Hitting the retina with just the right wavelength of light was found to recharge its energy system in those over […]
It’s on pace to be larger than $15 billion this year and estimated to pass $37 billion by 2024. | learn more
“Of all business closures on Yelp since March 1, 41% are permanent closures. Our data shows the largest spikes of permanent closures occurred in March, followed by May and June, indicating that the businesses that were already struggling had to […]
My first instinct was to laugh, but I don’t think that’s fair. “If the mind can cause skin issues, can it heal them, too?” | learn more
Guess first, then click. You’re probably wrong and the reason why is instructive. | learn more
“Success in most things boils down to a simple, but easily ignored distinction: do the real thing and stop doing fake alternatives instead.” | learn more
Quartz launched as a new media startup in 2012. The Quartz daily email newsletter was the first newsletter I subscribed to. If you’ve ever seen it, you can also tell how I’ve been inspired by its formatting. This is an […]
“GiPHY was bought by Facebook. I was surprised since I participated in their early investing experiment, through Alphaworks, but never got any emails about this. In July of 2014, I invested the minimum, $2,500 in GiPHY.” | learn more