SCIENCE & TECH NEWS AND POPULAR ARTICLES ON HEALTH, AGING, INSURTECH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP – WEEK OF 10/29/2018

Ring-Shaped Protein Complex Wrangles DNA

Ring-shaped protein complex wrangles DNA

DNA sequencing giant Illumina just bought rival Pac Bio for $1.2 billion — here’s why

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/01/illumina-buys-pacific-biosciences-for-1point2-billion-why.html

 

Reset Your DNA to Slow the Clock

https://medium.com/neodotlife/reset-your-dna-to-slow-the-clock-cd6df91b1b15

 

Studies raise questions over how epigenetic information is inherited

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029230458.htm

 

20 Minutes With: Color Genomics CEO Othman Laraki

https://www.barrons.com/articles/20-minutes-with-color-genomics-ceo-othman-laraki-1540849347

 

Regulators just gave DNA-testing startup 23andMe the go-ahead to offer a health product that scientists have called dubious

https://www.businessinsider.com/23andme-gets-approval-tests-gauge-response-to-antidepressants-other-medications-2018-10

 

23andMe’s genetic test for how you’ll react to medication is ahead of its time

https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/2/18055544/23andme-fda-approval-pharmacogenetic-testing-drugs-health-science

 

Insurtech unicorns drive insurance tech funding in Q3: CB Insights

https://www.reinsurancene.ws/insurtech-unicorns-drive-insurance-tech-funding-in-q3-cb-insights/

 

Insuretech Ethos closes $35m Series B round

https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/76174/insuretech-ethos-closes-35m-series-b-round

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