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Danaher: Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos

Danaher has named Jose-Carlos Gutierrez-Ramos as its chief scientific officer and senior VP. He will be an executive officer of the company tasked with defining Danaher's science and technology strategy. He joins Danaher from Abbvie, where he served as head of global drug discovery. Gutierrez-Ramos also previously served as president and CEO of Repertoire Immune Medicines and Synlogic, and prior to that held R&D positions at Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, Avidia, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals. He also was a professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Genetics and a professor for the Spanish Scientific Research Council.

The Scan

Hormone-Based Gene Therapy to Sterilize Domestic Cat

A new paper in Nature Communication suggests that gene therapy could be a safer alternative to spaying domestic cats.

Active Lifestyle Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in People at High Genetic Risk

A study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that an active lifestyle goes a long way in type 2 diabetes prevention.

Beneficial, Harmful Effects of Introgression Between Wild and Domesticated European Grapes

A paper in PNAS shows that European wild grapevines were an important resource for improving the flavor of cultivated wine grapes.

Genetic Ancestry of South America's Indigenous Mapuche Traced

Researchers in Current Biology analyzed genome-wide data from more than five dozen Mapuche individuals to better understand their genetic history.