Argentina is easing restrictions on biotech patents, according to Cabinet Chief @madorni statements, in a policy shift aimed at boosting innovation and attracting life sciences investment, as emerging markets compete more aggressively for global pharma R&D and capital.
The market rewards revenue.
Big Pharma rewards mechanisms.
@biogen up to $1B deal for a stealth immunology company is another reminder that the biggest value inflection in biotech often happens long before commercialization.
I’m very optimistic about entrepreneurship in India. We are progressing well. But worried about the mental and physical health of founders. I don’t know why we are not talking enough about it.
Founders, please remember this- your overall health is the moat of the business. Your mental health determines the runway and the physical fitness determines the sustainability. Your anxiety levels determines the stability of your business.
You are the most valuable IP. Don’t screw it.
Acute exercise doesn’t just stress muscles; it reshapes the gut. 🧬🏃♂️
Even one workout transiently rewires gut microbial activity, hinting at a mechanistic link between exercise, microbiota, and host performance.
A review in Experimental Physiology shows a single bout of exercise can:
✳️Modulate specific taxa (e.g., Veillonella, butyrate producers)
✳️Alter metabolic pathways (lactate → SCFAs, amino acid & lipid metabolism)
✳️Shift faecal metabolites, with changes scaling to exercise duration/intensity.
https://t.co/kV9mMv3NK4
Exercise is an antidepressant.
By reducing inflammation & boosting dopamine transmission, exercise may improve ‘interest-activity’ symptoms of depression, namely fatigue & cognitive impairment
This increases propensity to exert effort.
Attention! The American Heart Association has dropped their 2025 update on alcohol and the heart. This is intense. Here is what you need to know in plain language summary!
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New paper on mitochondrial distribution across the human body
If you have more mitochondria than the average person in your heart, does that mean you also have more than average in your brain, muscles, kidneys, etc?
We investigated inter-organ correlations in mitochondria
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