Collaborate Disseminate
“Software that controls your body should always respect your freedom,” warns the program manager of the Free Software Foundation:
In July, users of the proprietary software app LibreLink, who live in the UK and use Apple devices, found that the app t… Continue reading FSF Warns About the Perils of Medical Devices with Un-Free Software
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: GSK will pay 23andMe $20 million for access to the genetic-testing company’s vast trove of consumer DNA data, extending a five-year collaboration that’s allowed the drugmaker to mine genetic data as i… Continue reading Drugmakers Are Set To Pay 23andMe Millions To Access Consumer DNA
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Egbert Edelbroek was acting as a sperm donor when he first wondered whether it’s possible to have babies in space. Curious about the various ways that donated sperm can be used, Edelbroek,… Continue reading Can Humans Have Babies In Space? SpaceBorn United Wants To Find Out
Kiley Price writes via Inside Climate News: In a new initiative announced on Tuesday, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is working with the nonprofit Revive & Restore and other partners to create a “genetic library” of the country’s endangered s… Continue reading USFWS Is Creating a Frozen Library of Biodiversity To Help Endangered Species
A biotech company has conducted a small-scale trial involving the implantation of lab-made neurons into the brains of 12 people with Parkinson’s disease. The implanted neurons are designed to produce dopamine, which is deficient in Parkinson’s patients… Continue reading A Biotech Company Says It Put Dopamine-Making Cells Into People’s Brains
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation: The Y chromosome is a never-ending source of fascination (particularly to men) because it bears genes that determine maleness and make sperm. It’s also small and seriously weird; it carries few… Continue reading The ‘Weird’ Male Y Chromosome Has Finally Been Fully Sequenced
An international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can help detect (or even treat) cancer in hard-to-reach places, such as the colon. The team has published a paper in Science for the technique dubbed CATCH, or cellular assay for t… Continue reading Scientists Genetically Engineer Bacteria To Detect Cancer Cells
In an effort to discover new 2D materials, a team of scientists from Ames National Laboratory determined the structure of boron monoxide. Phys.Org reports: This compound was first discovered in the 1940s and maintained research interest throughout the … Continue reading Structure of Elusive Boron Monoxide Finally Determined After 83 Years
George Church was part of the team that pioneered CRISPR gene editing. In 2021 he co-founded a kind of real-world “Jurassic Park” — Colossal Biosciences, a biotech startup working to de-extinct the Woolly Mammoth.
For the 30th anniversary of th… Continue reading Real-World ‘Jurassic Park’ Startup Argues Not De-Extincting Animals Would Be Even Scarier
3M will pay $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of drinking water with PFAS, a class of chemicals known as “forever chemicals” that have been linked to health problems. NPR reports: The deal would compensate water providers for pollutio… Continue reading 3M Reaches $10.3 Billion Settlement Over Contamination of Water Systems