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They Are on Our Watch List, Too

Aug 06, 2008

O'Reilly Radar is keeping its eye on a few themes including synthetic biology, personal genomics, and everything neuro. On their watch lists are Drew Endy, George Church, and 23andMe. Deepak Singh wonders if these topics will be covered at this summer's Sci Foo Camp, which begins Friday.

Breaking News
The Scan

CDC Calls Delta "Variant of Concern"

CNN reports the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now considers the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 to be a "variant of concern."

From FDA to Venture Capital

Former FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn is taking a position at a venture capital firm, leading some ethicists to raise eyebrows, according to the Washington Post.

Consent Questions

Nature News writes that there are questions whether informed consent was obtained for some submissions to a database of Y-chromosome profiles.

Cell Studies on Multimodal Single-Cell Analysis, Coronaviruses in Bats, Urban Microbiomes

In Cell this week: approach to analyze multimodal single-cell genomic data, analysis of bat coronaviruses, and more.