[Summary] Table: “Drugmakers Mine DNA Troves For Research: Selected Genetic Databases and Their Industry Partners”, in Wall Street Journal, July 24, 2019. p. B1. 23andMe (8 million individuals): Genentech, GlaxoSmithKline. deCODE Genetics (owned by Amgen) (1.6 million individuals): Amgen. UK Biobank (0.5 million individuals): AbbVie, Alnylam, AstraZeneca, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Regeneron, Takeda Pharmaceuticals. […]
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Seattle Urban Model
At a recent small gathering to commemmorate the death of another homeless woman in the downtown, Starbucks was praised for donating a single, miserable container of hot coffee to the gathering. Very Seattle. Appearance and pretense over substance. Table: “Homeless Deaths Rise Once More In King County (including Seattle): 2012-2018”, in Seattle Times, January 9, […]
Continue readingVenezuela’s Growing Refugee Crisis
Bahar, Dany. Photoessay: Up Front: Venezuela’s Refugee Crisis: Views From the Border. Brookings Institution, April 23, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/04/23/venezuelas-refugee-crisis-views-from-the-border/ Bahar, Dany. Press Release: Venezuela’s Refugee Crisis Will Exceed Syria’s; We Must Help. Brookings Institution, February 12, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/venezuelas-refugee-crisis-will-exceed-syrias-we-must-help/ Dews, Fred; Bahar, Dany. Podcast: Is Anyone Affressing Venezuela’s Refugee Crisis? Brookings Institution, April 27, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-venezuelan-refugee-crisis-challenges-and-solutions/ =====
Continue readingWSJ: Brazil Wants Less Diversity
“Demand for US Sperm Soars in Brazil: Single Women and Lesbian Couples Are Turning to White US Donors: Brazil’s Human Semen Imports from the United States, 2014-201”, in Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2018. p. A18. Sperm buyers in Brazil, which is more than 50% black or mixed-race, have an overwhelming preference for white, blue […]
Continue readingSeattle’ Homeless Aristocracy
A recent article in the Seattle Times [Vianna Davila, and Jonathan Marin. “Project Homeless: Spike in Infectious Diseases in Homeless Raises Alarm; Increase Indicative of Larger Population; Health Board Calls For More Hygiene Services”, in Seattle Times, March 16, 2018. pp. B1, B4.] discusses the growing public health menace posed by the homeless and the […]
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