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Crypto company Tether announced Monday that it has invested $200 million to acquire a majority stake in brain-computer interface company Blackrock Neurotech via its venture capital division Tether Evo. [The firm is not related to the asset management g… Continue reading Tether Buys $200 Million Majority Stake In Brain-Computer Interface Company
A brain implant startup called Synchron is preparing to recruit patients for a large-scale clinical trial to seek commercial approval for its device. Reuters reports: Synchron on Monday plans to launch an online registry for patients interested in join… Continue reading Synchron Readies Large-Scale Brain Implant Trial
An anonymous reader quotes a report from InterestingEngineering: A Pittsburgh-based biotech company has started a one-of-a-kind trial in a patient with a failing liver. Their goal is to grow a functional second liver within the patient’s body — someth… Continue reading Groundbreaking Trial To Grow ‘Mini Liver’ From Patient’s Own Lymph Node
Neuralink, the brain-chip startup founded by Elon Musk, showed its first patient using his mind to play online chess. Reuters reports: Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralyzed below the shoulder after a diving accident, played chess on… Continue reading Neuralink Shows First Brain-Chip Patient Playing Online Chess Using His Mind
“A pet company has twice sent back dog breed results for human swab samples,” reports the Guardian, “prompting doubts surrounding the accuracy of dog breed tests.”
On Wednesday, WBZ News reported its investigations team receiving dog breed results fr… Continue reading Pet DNA Testing Company Mistakenly Identifies a Human as a Dog
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Inside Climate News: Months in jail and thousands of dollars in fines and legal fees — those are the consequences Alabamians and Arizonans could soon face for selling cell-cultured meat products that could cut … Continue reading Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim To Ban Lab-Grown Meat
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A much-debated theory holds that 4 billion years ago, give or take, long before the appearance of dinosaurs or even bacteria, the primordial soup contained only the possibility of life… Continue reading ‘Monumental’ Experiment Suggests How Life on Earth May Have Started
Mexico is waiting for the United States to provide evidence that shows imported genetically modified corn is safe for human consumption. “In a written submission to a panel of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, Mexico, the top buyer of U.S. cor… Continue reading Mexico Argues Glyphosate In GM Corn Is Unsafe For Human Consumption
“The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which selects Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics, last week awarded Dr. Wu its Sjöberg Prize in honor of ‘decisive contributions’ to cancer research,” reports CNN.
Their profile of the oncologist fro… Continue reading Scientists Pursue Cancer Vaccines Tailored to the Genetic Makeup of an Individual’s Tumor
High-capacity DNA data storage “is closer than you think,” Slashdot wrote in 2019.
Now IEEE Spectrum brings an update on where we’re at — and where we’re headed — by a participant in the DNA storage collaboration between Microsoft and the… Continue reading What Happens After Throughput to DNA Storage Drives Surpasses 2 Gbps?