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...The hottest deal of the summer: loan portfolios Back in April, Blackstone president Jonathan Gray heralded a “golden moment” for private credit as US regional banks pulled back on lending....
...Doudna said it was “extraordinary” that sickle cell patients such as Victoria Gray, who was treated in the first trial three years ago, have already been “effectively cured of genetic disease”....
...at some transactions on a pre-merger basis and they are looking at private equity buyers that are serial acquirers,” said Michael Beauvais, co-head of strategic transactions practice at law firm Ropes & Gray...
...While the results of the tests can “satisfy initial curiosity” in those who take them, they also tend to “open more questions”, said Scott Fisher, host of the Extreme Genes radio show and podcast....
...Writer/director James Gray (Ad Astra) fashions a partly autobiographical story that’s easy to swallow but somehow sits uncomfortably....
...Corporal excess was proof of a bountiful table and perhaps even genes that would protect offspring in times of famine. But the story of obesity has always been complicated....
...One recent example: Blackstone has announced a $2bn royalty, debt and equity collaboration with Alnylam, a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on medicines that use RNA to interfere with gene expression...
...Ms Gray was the first patient to try the sickle cell treatment from Crispr — and was the second person to be treated with the gene-editing tool in the US....
...Gene Lee, CEO of Darden Restaurants, told analysts that he had been in touch with the Trump administration and Congress to try to develop a plan “which would use government money to pay [employees] and not...
...“We are living in such an important time right now with new disruptive technologies like cell therapies and gene therapies, that are not traditional medicines,” he said....
...Schwarzman says, half-joking, that unlike his younger twin brothers he inherited “the right gene mix” from his mother, “a very formidable, strong survivor”....
...“You have to have a sufficiently strong arrogant gene to back your judgment, back your conviction. If you didn’t, you would end up with a portfolio that looks very much like the index....
...He urged people to put their trust in humanity, impelled towards good by a “selfish gene” that can also engender altruism, while self-replicating cultural traits called “memes” leap from person to person...
...He may have great genes, but Evan Greenberg is unlikely to spawn his own insurance dynasty....
...(Nature) Genetics and ethics The science of gene editing is fast outstripping debate around its implications....
...• Pimco, the $1.5tn US asset manager, has hired Gene Frieda as a global strategist and Yacov Arnopolin as an emerging markets portfolio manager....
...It can also be beautiful, as social media manager Mary Peffer proves: her Instagram page, “Gray Hair Hero”, features beauties who look, more than anything else, otherworldly and ethereal....
...Asked whether he plans on slowing down after this deal, Mr Greenberg junior says: “There is a lot of longevity in my gene pool as you may know. I’m only 60 years old.”...
...From Scotland there are Margaret Gibson and Nelson Gray....
...John Gray’s next book, ‘The Soul of the Marionette: A Short Inquiry into Human Freedom’, will be published by Penguin in March 2015...
...The court has issued similar guidance in recent years on other types of abstract patentable subjects, including genes, business methods and medical diagnostic tests....
...Plats du Jour by Patience Gray (a woman whom Mrs David detested even more than she detested Peter Mayle) and Primrose Boyd is of 1957....
...There are no single genes that make you run fast or hit a ball well. However, genetics does help to explain sporting success....
...Memorably “unattractive”, Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray is destroyed by narcissism and depravity....
...The sheer breadth of personalities who ascend to the summit shows that there is no single gene for success. I think we can all take comfort from that....
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