Evolving with Nita Jain

How Your Gut Microbiota Tip the Scales on Weight Loss

These tiny inhabitants play an overlooked role in obesity

Feb 17 • Nita Jain

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Why Some People Never Seem to Gain Any Weight

Hint: It’s not a fast (basal) metabolism

Feb 10 • Nita Jain

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January 2026

SBIR/STTR Programs Expired. Here Are 5 Funding Sources Most Biotech Founders Don't Know About

Focused research organizations, foundation mission grants, and more

Jan 27 • Nita Jain

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October 2025

Nicotine vs Nicotinic Acid: Why Two Nearly Identical Names Obscure Completely Different Molecules

Here's how to never confuse them again

Oct 30, 2025 • Nita Jain

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August 2025

Optimizing Grip Strength Won't Make You Live Longer

What Goodhart's Law tells us about chasing biomarkers

Aug 5, 2025 • Nita Jain

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July 2025

on friendship

the ties that bind

Jul 29, 2025 • Nita Jain

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The Spooniverse Directory Demo

A resource platform for patients and caregivers

Jul 15, 2025 • Nita Jain

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May 2025

The Trouble with EHR Data

From systemic biases to distorted associations

May 13, 2025 • Nita Jain

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Privacy, Psychedelics, & the Post-Human Future: A Conversation with Rand Hindi

Encryption, ethics, and the era of ubiquitous computing

May 6, 2025 • Nita Jain and Rand Hindi

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April 2025

Patient, Quantify Thyself

From thought experiment to worldwide movement for patient empowerment

Apr 30, 2025 • Nita Jain

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Why Probiotics Can’t Colonize the Gut

Colonization isn't about concentration

Apr 22, 2025 • Nita Jain

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March 2025

What Your Microbiome Test Isn't Telling You

Richard Sprague on sampling errors, compositional fallacies, and geographic imprints

Mar 25, 2025 • Nita Jain and Richard Sprague

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