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Stephanie P Watters

@StefPiece

Rare disease research program and portfolio manager. @mit_hst PhD. Interested in all things biotechnology, health and lifestyle related.

 San Francisco
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Joined April 2010
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
@Lin_Manuel11 Dec 2018
Gnight Don't let the world depress you It’s a mess, you Are a star Don't let the world deter you We prefer you As you are
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Paul Knoepfler@pknoepfler2 Aug 2017
My review of new Mitalipov pub #CRISPR’ing human embryos: transformative work on the edge ipscell.com/2017/08/review-m… #bioethics

Review of Mitalipov paper CRISPR'ing human embryos: transformative work on the edge - The Niche

In the same way perhaps that some excited relatives or parents-to-be both gush and worry about a baby before it is even born, our field has been transfixed for a week by the Mitalipov paper on...

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Very informative article that helps explain high costs of healthcare...Rx companies are not the only culprit here nature.com/nbt/journal/vaop/…
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Nature Biotechnology
@NatureBiotech27 Nov 2016
Drug pricing and the crisis of American healthcare go.nature.com/2eYx1LH
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Prothena's CEO dies after battle with pancreatic cancer bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco… via @SFBusinessTimes Fought for others until the end :-(
#ChanZuckerbergInitiative initiatives sound a lot like those of @mit_hst Great direction for Bay Area science and the future of medicine
So excited about the #ChanZuckerbergInitiative - Build new tools - Bring together scientists & engineers - Build a movement to fund science
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The Complex Math Behind Spiraling Prescription Drug Prices nyti.ms/1NSvoHp
Excellent intro on innovation in the unpopular drug industry FierceBiotech's 2016 Fierce 15 fiercebiotech.com/special-re…
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An MIT Scientist Claims That This Pill Is the Fountain of Youth nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/0… via @thescienceofus
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Matt Damon's Commencement address news.mit.edu/2016/matt-damon… I'm surprised how much this moved me- good read!
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Congrats to my #MITcourse10 classmate Professor Millman! Great work. teapawt.org/CIRMnews/status/730088…
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Scientists make insulin-secreting cells from #stemcells derived from T1 #diabetes patients. bit.ly/1T2t6LF
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Pfizer And IBM Launch Ambitious 'Internet Of Things' For Parkinson's Research via @forbes forbes.com/sites/emilymullin… @wattersjames
I've seen a lot of exciting microbiome start-ups pop up in the past few years...eager to see what applications can reach the market
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Good News: Zika Can’t Hurt Future Pregnancies ti.me/1SkUVdv via @TIMEHealth
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Tell your elected officials to support @Uber_Hawaii! #HawaiiNeedsUber #cchnl Sign the petition here: action.uber.org/hawaii?utm_s…
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Juno is getting closer to safer, trackable, cell therapies: fiercebiotechresearch.com/st…
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"LIGO represents a triumph for federally funded research...an example of a high-risk, high-return investment in discovery-driven science."
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Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves news.mit.edu/2016/ligo-first… BRAVO!
Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves

Scientists make first direct detection of gravitational waves

A signal from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), reveals the first observation of two massive black holes colliding, confirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity.

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Requesting help for a side project: What science/medicine/health topics would like explained in easy terms? Thanks!
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