Trump 2 could supercharge intellectual property law
By ALLISON SINGH // Intellectual property wasn’t a big subject in 2024 campaign speeches or political slogans, but it will play a big role in the new Presidential administration. This…
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No. 820: Happy new year! Celebrate with a new COVID vaccine (but probably not the double cheeseburger)
What’s the Rosh: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, marking not only the end of this latest workweek but the end of the entire year on the Jewish calendar. Yes, the…
No. 816: Good grief … COVID, monsters, A-bombs AND the end of summer?!?
Who’s counting: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the “last” Wednesday of the Summer of 2023 (there are technically three more before Fall, but…
Around the world, in 40 years, on the T7 express
By TOM MARINER // Rarely does technology development come full-circle like this. Its recent acquisition of Toronto-based Spindle BioTech has not only allowed Stony Brook’s Applied DNA Sciences to combine…
Government communications? It can get a bit complex
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // Brainstorming ideas for a column about the dynamic between government communications and public trust, I found myself down a rabbit hole of fascinating historical examples….
No. 752: Telegraphing it with Jedediah, Chuck and Sister Sledge, with linear DNA (and shortbread) for all
Short and sweet: Blink and you missed it, dear readers – the first workweek of 2023 is already in the books! Well, almost – just one more workday between…
How to stop COVID, and maybe whatever comes next
By GREGORY ZELLER // The latest DNA-based advance by a progressive Long Island biotech goes where other biochemists have gone before – but also blazes a trail for new vaccination…
Factcheck: Misinformation is mangling LI innovation
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // When I was young, my parents told me I had to wait 30 minutes after eating before I could go swimming. It had something to…
In real-time health platform, a billion points of data
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York’s largest healthcare provider is contributing to a national program that will save lives with digital data. Billed as “the world’s first health system-led data…
At Feinstein, another national first for COVID boosters
By GREGORY ZELLER // Marking a national first, Northwell Health on Monday delivered the first set of COVID-19 vaccination booster shots to organ-transplant patients. The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research,…
In a tough spot, a tough governor makes a tough call
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you thought the new school year – after a cluster$#%& of canceled SATs, “distance learning” and other COVID accommodations – would be like the good…