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Twitter Bio:: Forbes reporter covering science and medicine
Location:: New York
Website:: http://blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper

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DNA Discoverer Jim Watson Picks His Favorite Gene - Forbes

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In Forbes’ “Love Only One” feature, which is returning after a long hiatus, we ask the biggest luminaries in different fields for their top picks in everything from stocks to gadgets. Here, we ask Nobel laureate James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and one of the first people to have his genome sequenced, to pick his favorite gene. From the May 21, 2012, issue of Forbes Magazine.

“One gene fascinates me: POMC, on chromosome 2, which is a recipe for a protein called Âpro-opiomelanocortin. In the body it gets broken up into different proteins, including melanotropin, which makes the skin darker when youâ

The First Drug With A $1 Million Price Tag May Already Be On The Market ...

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In March, comparing the price of a cancer drug on a per capita basis here and in India, I told drug companies how to charge $1.6 million per patient for a new drug — and get away with it. So long as companies make sure that all patients have access, I argued, it’s possible to convince governments and insurers to pay truly princely sums for medicines that really help patients.

Still, I thought that $1.6 million, was a sky high, off-the-charts, unbelievable amount. Â Surely, no medicine for sale today cost

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