• Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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    9 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”?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      9 months ago

      Probably all kinds of stuff, GMOs, drugs, etc. Biotech is a huge industry nowadays.

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      9 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