'Real Tech' Built in Boston, Not Silicon Valley: Ginkgo Bioworks

The transcript discusses the collaborative efforts in healthcare, highlighting the impact of small and large companies, hospitals, and research institutions. It contrasts the biotech advancements in Boston with Silicon Valley's focus on software, emphasizing Boston's emergence as a biotech hub. The discussion also touches on the global reach of biotech and the increasing public awareness of its importance, predicting further growth and mainstream acceptance.

What is one of the key impacts of collaboration between companies and research institutions in the biotech field?

• Enhanced patient treatment in hospitals

• Increased software development

• Reduction in professional services

• Decline in clinical trials

Which company is mentioned as having produced the majority of PCR tests for the country?

• Thermo Fisher

• Ginkgo

• Moderna

• MIT Broad Institute

What is Silicon Valley primarily known for according to the transcript?

• Software development and business risk

• Biotech advancements

• Hospital collaborations

• Clinical trials

What has led to the rise of Boston as a biotech hub?

• Reduction in risk capital

• Decline of the internet

• Shift of the computing industry to Silicon Valley

• Increased local collaborations

How is the current public perception of biotech compared to the past?

• It is only relevant to specialists

• It is less important than before

• It is now part of mainstream consciousness

• It is still considered an esoteric field