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Understanding the unit economics of genetic testing labs
Beyond handwaving explanations why labs are unprofitable — and what it means for the clinical genomics workforce
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
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No hurry, no pause: New Year reflections
The one time out of the year when I get (a bit) more personal
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
Genetic Testing Labs: Winter is coming
Beyond the numbers — the lives impacted within the industry and the patients they serve
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
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Bionano Genomics: The Swiss Army knife of cytogenetic testing — and more
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Invitae: Underdog turned core player — On the future of genomic testing
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Ginkgo Bioworks: Audacious vision — but unproven track record playing in major league
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So you want a CGM (but don’t like needles)
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MaxCyte's snowball effect: Riding on the shoulders of top CRISPR companies
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Twist Bioscience: DNA synthesis as a service or product?
Part 2 — Exploring Twist Bioscience’s competition and defensibility
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
Twist Bioscience: Silent partner in the new era of biology
How DNA synthesis powers the infrastructure for writing biology
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
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Genetic Counseling: Why it matters and growing areas in genomic health
On making sense of genetic data once we have it
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
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Curing Type 1 Diabetes — Making stem cells produce insulin
Highlighting key players on a quest to reverse type 1 diabetes with stem cell-derived islets
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
🧬📖 Excellent reads: AI in life sciences, biotech boom & bust, wild predictions
Collection of essays worth your time to read — with a sprinkle of commentary by yours truly
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
A Braver New World
Why dystopian science fiction fails to capture the wonders of biology
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
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Epigenetic clocks — A test to measure how fast you age
Why quantifying aging is a prerequisite to life extension
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Christina Ren, MS, CGC
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