• Shrike502
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    5 months ago

    So these biotech companies, what exactly are they doing? All I’m getting is generic journo-speak about genetics and agriculture.

    And why are they even “companies”?

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      5 months ago

      only from this article:
      “BGI, which has stressed its private ownership, offers genetic testing kits and a popular prenatal screening test to detect Down syndrome”

      “State subsidies have allowed BGI to offer genomic sequencing services at a highly competitive price that is attractive to U.S. researchers”

      DYR