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Fertility startup that screens embryos to predict height, intelligence and disease sparks debate with ‘great genes’ campaign

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Fertility startup that screens embryos to predict height, intelligence and disease sparks debate with ‘great genes’ campaign

The gene-ie is out of the bottle. A fertility startup that offers embryo screening to predict a baby’s height and intelligence has sparked controversy with a series of provocative new ads. Nucleus Genomics blanketed Big Apple subway stations with billboards this week as part of their “Have Your Best Baby” campaign, encouraging prospective parents to … Read more

Selena Gomez’s mom Mandy Teefey accused of snorting Ritalin in their startup office in shocking exposé

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Selena Gomez’s mom Mandy Teefey accused of snorting Ritalin in their startup office in shocking exposé

Selena Gomez’s mom, Mandy Teefey, has been accused of shocking behavior at the Wondermind mental health startup she co-founded with her famous daughter. In an exposé published by The Cut on Wednesday, anonymous Wondermind employees alleged that Teefey, 49, would sometimes get “intoxicated” inside her “drug den” office. Another unnamed staffer claimed that they once … Read more

This medical school is thinking like a tech startup — and it could save your life

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This medical school is thinking like a tech startup — and it could save your life

NYU Langone is blurring the line between doctor and inventor. The medical center’s new MedTech Pipeline has med students, residents and fellows identifying real-world clinical problems — then developing prototypes and devices to solve them. Dr. Insoo Suh is a practicing endocrine surgeon and helped pioneer a scarless thyroid surgery technique early in his career … Read more

Meet Ulo, the startup working to bring men’s edge back with at-home testosterone therapy

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Meet Ulo, the startup working to bring men’s edge back with at-home testosterone therapy

New York Post may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. Thinning hair, plummeting energy, and a dwindling sex drive. It’s not exactly the future most men imagine for themselves, but for many, it becomes their reality.  Society often submits to the idea that aging … Read more

Exclusive | NYC men’s underwear startup hosts popular ‘Tupperware parties’ — with scantily clad models and ‘a few bottles of rosé’: ‘Very wholesome’

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Exclusive | NYC men’s underwear startup hosts popular ‘Tupperware parties’ — with scantily clad models and ‘a few bottles of rosé’: ‘Very wholesome’

This is not your mother’s Tupperware party. The type of confab once reserved for 1960s suburban housewives placing bulk orders for plastic containers is now hawking a very different product — men’s underwear. Instead of tables stacked with kitchenware, the trunk shows involve a troupe of hunky male models stripped down to their skivvies. ALPHX … Read more

NYC startup pitches outdoor dining sheds for restaurants that can be taken down and reused

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NYC startup pitches outdoor dining sheds for restaurants that can be taken down and reused

A New York City clampdown is forcing thousands of restaurants to scrap their outdoor dining sheds — and a local startup sniffs an opportunity.  Architects Nick Flutter and Nikita Notowidigdo, the founders of Re-Ply, have created a modular system that can not only build and customize dining sheds — but also disassemble and reuse them. … Read more

At Temple, two scientists fight over a claim of stolen heart research and a start-up that’s selling for $53 million

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At Temple, two scientists fight over a claim of stolen heart research and a start-up that’s selling for million

In search of cures for human heart disease, Steven Houser directed his Temple University lab to induce heart attacks in animals with similar-size organs: pigs. The scientist judged the results to be so promising that samples from the pig hearts were secured in a subzero freezer, in boxes labeled with secret codes. But when a … Read more