Category Archives: Insights

K I Woo Feb 11, 2016 In the near future as the price of mapping human genomes continues dropping, serious diseases such as cancer will be targeted at earlier-and-earlier stages and melted away with target designer drugs. In his recent best seller, The Industries of the Future, author Alec Ross said traditional invasive cancer therapies…

Danai Pathomvanich Feb 3, 2016 Everywhere we turn today, new sharing-economic companies are seriously disrupting traditional businesses. We’ve all heard of Uber, Airbnb, Grab and Lyft that have enjoyed rapid growth over the last five years and will scale new heights in the next decade. A recent McKinsey Quarterly article “How the sharing economy makes…

Danai Pathomvanich Feb 3, 2016 With solid government support the Chinese semi-conductor industry intends to become the top world producer in the next decade. In a recent McKinsey Insights article, “A new world under construction: China and semiconductors” Christopher Thomas said China has traditionally been a consumer market for semiconductor chips. However, China’s long-awaited guidelines…

K I Woo Dec 14, 2015 The majority of births in the next three to four decades will feature in-vitro fertilization and whole genome sequencing culminating years of scientific and health care-industry collaborations. Recently, Hank Greeley, Stanford Center for Law’s director, often referred to as the godfather of genetics and biological sciences told the San…