Adam Bluestein

RSS

Fast Company Magazine

Biobot Analytics knows if you have COVID-19 before you do—from your poop

The biotech startup pivoted from opioids to COVID-19, and now it’s one of ‘Fast Company’s’ Most Innovative Companies of 2021.

Fast Company Magazine

How TB Alliance’s Mel Spigelman created a promising new anti-tuberculosis drug

For demonstrating how a nonprofit can develop drugs as well as Big Pharma can, Mel Spigelman is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

Fast Company Magazine

This dairy farmer figured out how to power your BMW with cow manure

For devising a way to convert methane from cows into electric power, Albert Straus is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

Fast Company Magazine

How University of Vermont’s Stacey Sigmon is using technology to fight opioid addiction

For devising new and effective ways to wean patients off opioids, Stacey Sigmon is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

Fast Company Magazine

How Erica Esrick and David A. Williams are using gene therapy to fight sickle cell disease

For developing a successful way to reengineer patients’ blood stem cells, Erica Esrick and David A. Williams are among Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

Fast Company Magazine

Meet the woman who’s making your can of tuna safer for everyone

For making Chicken of the Sea parent Thai Union a more humane and sustainable company, environmental engineer Darian McBain is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020.

Fast Company Magazine

Gene-editing patents have increased tenfold in just four years. Here’s what the technology could cure

CRISPR gene-editing trials have taken off—and may hold the key to medical breakthroughs.

Most Innovative Companies

This company created the first-ever FDA-approved treatment for postpartum depression

Sage Therapeutics is taking a different approach to mood disorders, starting with one that affects more than 400,000 new mothers.

Most Innovative Companies

This new treatment helps 90% of cystic fibrosis patients breathe better

Vertex’s Trikafta was the second-fastest FDA approval in history, and could help some 27,000 patients.

Most Innovative Companies

This revolutionary vaccine could eradicate the deadly Ebola virus

Merck’s Ervebo reduces fatalities by at least 88% in people exposed to the virus.

Fast Company Magazine

How one Italian scientist spent 10 years establishing an oasis on Mars

For discovering an underground lake on Mars, Italian scientist Roberto Orosei is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2019.

Fast Company Magazine

Here’s how Mayor Jeff Lehman got a struggling Rust Belt city to thrive

For stimulating the local economy and getting constituents housed and healthy, Mayor Jeff Lehman is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.

Fast Company Magazine

This former pharmaceutical exec figured out a brand-new way to finance treatments for global diseases. And he’s already doing it

For finding an innovative way to finance the approval process for treatments for river blindness and other “neglected diseases,” Medicines Development for Global Health founder and managing director Mark Sullivan is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019.

Fast Company Magazine

Meet the three women giving brands like HBO and Etsy a tactile appeal

For their crafty stop-motion and 2-D commercials, Mighty Oak’s three partners are among Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019.

Fast Company Magazine

This pharma exec is using AI differently–and spotting effective treatments others miss

For building a pharma company that uses AI plus tiny snapshots to find treatments that humans would miss, Chris Gibson is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.

Fast Company Magazine

Modern Fertility’s $159 at-home test is revolutionizing fertility medicine

Their finger-prick technology makes fertility testing quick, cheap, and (almost) painless.

Fast Company Magazine

Foundation Medicine’s genetic tests match cancer patients to the best treatments

They’ve partnered with 50+ biotech and pharmaceutical companies to guide patients to the most promising trials.

Fast Company Magazine

New, life-saving AI can help doctors find deadly tumors much, much faster

For lung cancer patients, faster detection can more than triple the 5-year survival rate.

Fast Company Magazine

This company is the first to bring Nobel-prize-winning RNAi treatments to consumers

The drugs could someday help Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS patients.

Fast Company Magazine

This $2,000 ultrasound scanner makes medical imaging affordable and portable

The Butterfly iQ runs on an iPhone app, and can transmit images over cellular networks to connect doctors to patients in remote areas.

Impact

This startup just raised $75 million to make a more cheesy plant-based cheese

Impact

There is no place you can go to escape wildfire smoke

Impact

Uber and Lyft drivers are on a day-long strike for the right to organize

News

These wildfire tracker maps show smoke, hot spots, and air quality by zip code

News

Google Maps expands mass-transit predictions to help you avoid crowded subways and buses

News

Generation X is the least likely to believe they’ll get rich one day

Co.Design

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

Co.Design

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

Co.Design

‘Good taste’ is a myth

Work Life

A key mistake leaders are making is causing the Great Resignation. Here are 3 ways to fix it

Work Life

How to negotiate your current job instead of joining the Great Resignation

Work Life

Homepage

Co.Design

Tech

Work Life

News

Impact

Podcasts

Video

Recommender

Innovation Festival 360

Subscribe

AWS

DEEM

Deloitte

Honeywell

OPTUM

Visa

FastCo Works

Fast Government

Most Innovative Companies

Most Creative People

World Changing Ideas

Innovation By Design

Innovation Festival

Adam Bluestein

Biobot Analytics knows if you have COVID-19 before you do—from your poop

The biotech startup pivoted from opioids to COVID-19, and now it’s one of ‘Fast Company’s’ Most Innovative Companies of 2021.

How TB Alliance’s Mel Spigelman created a promising new anti-tuberculosis drug

For demonstrating how a nonprofit can develop drugs as well as Big Pharma can, Mel Spigelman is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

This dairy farmer figured out how to power your BMW with cow manure

For devising a way to convert methane from cows into electric power, Albert Straus is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

How University of Vermont’s Stacey Sigmon is using technology to fight opioid addiction

For devising new and effective ways to wean patients off opioids, Stacey Sigmon is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

How Erica Esrick and David A. Williams are using gene therapy to fight sickle cell disease

For developing a successful way to reengineer patients’ blood stem cells, Erica Esrick and David A. Williams are among Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020

Meet the woman who’s making your can of tuna safer for everyone

For making Chicken of the Sea parent Thai Union a more humane and sustainable company, environmental engineer Darian McBain is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2020.

Gene-editing patents have increased tenfold in just four years. Here’s what the technology could cure

CRISPR gene-editing trials have taken off—and may hold the key to medical breakthroughs.

This company created the first-ever FDA-approved treatment for postpartum depression

Sage Therapeutics is taking a different approach to mood disorders, starting with one that affects more than 400,000 new mothers.

This new treatment helps 90% of cystic fibrosis patients breathe better

Vertex’s Trikafta was the second-fastest FDA approval in history, and could help some 27,000 patients.

This revolutionary vaccine could eradicate the deadly Ebola virus

Merck’s Ervebo reduces fatalities by at least 88% in people exposed to the virus.

How one Italian scientist spent 10 years establishing an oasis on Mars

For discovering an underground lake on Mars, Italian scientist Roberto Orosei is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2019.

Here’s how Mayor Jeff Lehman got a struggling Rust Belt city to thrive

For stimulating the local economy and getting constituents housed and healthy, Mayor Jeff Lehman is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.

This former pharmaceutical exec figured out a brand-new way to finance treatments for global diseases. And he’s already doing it

For finding an innovative way to finance the approval process for treatments for river blindness and other “neglected diseases,” Medicines Development for Global Health founder and managing director Mark Sullivan is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019.

Meet the three women giving brands like HBO and Etsy a tactile appeal

For their crafty stop-motion and 2-D commercials, Mighty Oak’s three partners are among Fast Company’s Most Creative People of 2019.

This pharma exec is using AI differently–and spotting effective treatments others miss

For building a pharma company that uses AI plus tiny snapshots to find treatments that humans would miss, Chris Gibson is one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.

Modern Fertility’s $159 at-home test is revolutionizing fertility medicine

Their finger-prick technology makes fertility testing quick, cheap, and (almost) painless.

Foundation Medicine’s genetic tests match cancer patients to the best treatments

They’ve partnered with 50+ biotech and pharmaceutical companies to guide patients to the most promising trials.

New, life-saving AI can help doctors find deadly tumors much, much faster

For lung cancer patients, faster detection can more than triple the 5-year survival rate.

This company is the first to bring Nobel-prize-winning RNAi treatments to consumers

The drugs could someday help Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS patients.

This $2,000 ultrasound scanner makes medical imaging affordable and portable

The Butterfly iQ runs on an iPhone app, and can transmit images over cellular networks to connect doctors to patients in remote areas.

Impact

This startup just raised $75 million to make a more cheesy plant-based cheese

There is no place you can go to escape wildfire smoke

Uber and Lyft drivers are on a day-long strike for the right to organize

News

These wildfire tracker maps show smoke, hot spots, and air quality by zip code

Google Maps expands mass-transit predictions to help you avoid crowded subways and buses

Generation X is the least likely to believe they’ll get rich one day

Co.Design

China is the capital of supertall skyscrapers. Why is it banning them?

The celebrity hype machine collides with crypto hysteria. What could possibly go wrong?

‘Good taste’ is a myth

Work Life

A key mistake leaders are making is causing the Great Resignation. Here are 3 ways to fix it

How to negotiate your current job instead of joining the Great Resignation