Peter Kang

VP Genomics R&D Natera, ex-Tempus, Counsyl, Stanford BMI. Views are my own.

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@ZeeContrarian1 Always appreciate your insights. I’ve been in this industry for 14 yrs. These older diagnostic companies have archaic tech stacks, so the Fabric acquisition may enable GeneDx to better organize and utilize its data.

[Roel Lauwers @Roelio987654321]

@heart_

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@Itsjoeco @ElysiumHQ I respect you and enjoy your posts, so I'd like to offer a word of caution: biological age tests are almost entirely bunk. I'm a believer in NAD but sirtuins have been debunked as well. @CharlesMBrenner is a good resource on these.

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@cremieuxrecueil There’s also a long history of tests with legitimate applications but poor specificity being aggressively marketed and resulting in false positives and over diagnosis. https://t.co/IgPielIHVE

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@Molson_Hart Sounds like you’re using “most popular” sorting?

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@Itsjoeco Seoul has bus and train versions https://t.co/ezzOk2hxF8

https://t.co/aASSCUym8T

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@Chris_arnade 얼큰 just means "spicy" (but you probably know that)

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@AlecStapp @AdamSinger My mentor Atul Butte (Stanford/UCSF researcher) recently passed away from a rare type of cancer. He had a cancer vaccine made but wasn’t able to use it because of this type of red tape.

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Nutrition science is the area of science that's suffered the most in the replication crisis. It is a graveyard of theories and pseudoscientific bullshit.

Now:

The HHS is going to make doctors to sit through 40 hours of classes where they'll have to take that bullshit seriously.

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@cremieuxrecueil In California, the licensure requirements for the same job can be much more onerous than other states as well. Medical licensure in California is notoriously cumbersome, with very slow turnaround.

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@rdd147 @Noahpinion I think Lou Pai had to sell his shares for a divorce settlement

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@Chris_arnade I’d say that at least for Korea, kitchens are not particularly small, relative to the home. Homes are overall smaller than the US.

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@davidlee You’re not going to be at high risk for Hep A unless you travel to an area with poor hygiene, and Hep B is most important for healthcare workers (and infants for maternal exposure).

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@Noahpinion Isn't this partly a result of the increase in price?

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@MosesSternstein Korea was one of the world’s poorest countries, and the culture valued large families (partially for labor benefits)

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@0xMerridew NR over NMN

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@michael_nielsen That’s 20 min in optimal conditions, right?

[Peter Kang @hpkang]

@cremieuxrecueil I think it’s more accurate to say that, similar to Japan, the job prospects for late career candidates are very slim. As another comment mentioned, elderly have great (almost free) healthcare, free public transit, and there is a national pension plan.