Archive - Health & Wealth

A Tale of Two Labs: Natera & Invitae

A look at the genetic testing playbook on specialization vs. sprawl

May 26 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

February 2025

Scaling and Expanding Genetic Screening on Embryos

Exploring the future of PGT and what to prioritize

Feb 3 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

January 2025

On life’s detours: Year end reflections

Making sense of a mess, false starts, love and loss

Jan 1 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

December 2023

Becoming a T-shaped person: Year end reflections

On being a specialized generalist, the future of AI-enabled work, and more hard-earned wisdom

Dec 15, 2023 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

January 2023

No hurry, no pause: New Year reflections

The one time out of the year when I get (a bit) more personal

Jan 6, 2023 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

December 2022

Genetic Testing Labs: Winter is coming

Beyond the numbers — the lives impacted within the industry and the patients they serve

Dec 22, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

November 2022

Understanding the unit economics of genetic testing labs

Beyond handwaving explanations why labs are unprofitable — and what it means for the clinical genomics workforce

Nov 7, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

June 2022

Twist Bioscience: DNA synthesis as a service or product?

Part 2 — Exploring Twist Bioscience’s competition and defensibility

Jun 9, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

April 2022

Twist Bioscience: Silent partner in the new era of biology

How DNA synthesis powers the infrastructure for writing biology

Apr 26, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

Genetic Counseling: Why it matters and growing areas in genomic health

On making sense of genetic data once we have it

Apr 12, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

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

Apr 5, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

March 2022

🧬📖 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

Mar 23, 2022 •

Christina Ren, MS, CGC

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