On free genetic sequencing, opioids and the Hockney portrait

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FROM GENE EDITING TO A.I., HOW WILL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORM HUMANITY?
FIVE BIG THINKERS — REGINA BARZILAY, GEORGE CHURCH, JENNIFER EGAN, CATHERINE MOHR AND SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE — PUZZLE OVER THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE.

Mortality risk, insurance, and the value of life

Opioid nation by Marcia Angell

Genetics Start-Up Wants to Sequence People’s Genomes for Free

THESE DNA STARTUPS WANT TO PUT ALL OF YOU ON THE BLOCKCHAIN

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