Collaborate Disseminate
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
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Associated Press: For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to offer “lab-grown” meat to the nation’s restaurant … Continue reading US Approves Chicken Made From Cultivated Cells, the Nation’s First ‘Lab-Grown’ Meat
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: A biotechnology company selling a $949 blood test that it bills as a “first of its kind” to detect cancer said it incorrectly informed about 400 customers that they might have the disease. The Menlo Pa… Continue reading Health Firm ‘Grail’ Wrongly Told Hundreds of People They Might Have Cancer
Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has begun her 11-year prison sentence after being convicted of four counts of fraud. The BBC reports: She will serve her term in a minimum-security prison in Texas. Holmes reported to the federal facility in … Continue reading Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Begins 11-Year Prison Sentence