Electric Vehicles and the Chinese Energy RevolutionTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 767, Segment 4
Mar 13, 2018 • 18m
Guest: Micheal Austin, Vice President, BYD America Beijing, China traffic is legendary, as is its air pollution. Chinese President Xi Jinping is working to address both and has called for an “energy revolution” in China that includes incentives for buying electric vehicles. In fact, the world’s largest maker of electric vehicles is a Chinese company you’ve likely never heard of. You probably thought Tesla was the biggest, but actually it’s a company called BYD. What's on the horizon for electric vehicles, especially in China?

23andMe Breast Cancer Genetics TestingMar 13, 201811mGuest: Laura Hercher, MS, Director of Student Research, Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College If you send in a sample of your saliva to 23andMe, the genetics-testing company will send you a report about where your ancestors came from, and you can pay extra to find out if you’re at risk for Parkinson’s or Late-Onset Alzheimer’s. Just last week, the Federal Drug Administration also gave 23andMe the green light to screen for three mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. It was screening positive for mutations on these BRCA genes that led Angelina Jolie to have a double mastectomy. This is the first time the FDA has authorized this screening by a company selling directly to consumers.
Guest: Laura Hercher, MS, Director of Student Research, Joan H. Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics, Sarah Lawrence College If you send in a sample of your saliva to 23andMe, the genetics-testing company will send you a report about where your ancestors came from, and you can pay extra to find out if you’re at risk for Parkinson’s or Late-Onset Alzheimer’s. Just last week, the Federal Drug Administration also gave 23andMe the green light to screen for three mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. It was screening positive for mutations on these BRCA genes that led Angelina Jolie to have a double mastectomy. This is the first time the FDA has authorized this screening by a company selling directly to consumers.