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An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Imagine that you were provided no-cost fertility treatment and also offered a free DNA test to gauge which of those little IVF embryos floating in a dish stood the best chance of getting i… Continue reading Americans Are Ready To Test Embryos For Future College Chances, Survey Shows
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Genetic engineering company Colossal Biosciences said Tuesday that it will try to resurrect the extinct dodo bird, and it’s received $150 million in new funding to support its “de-extinction” activities… Continue reading ‘De-Extinction’ Company Will Try To Bring Back the Dodo
Impossible Foods, which makes plant-based nuggets, burgers and patties, is reportedly laying off 20% of its staff, Bloomberg reported first. TechCrunch reports: According to the story, the 12-year-old company currently employs about 700 workers, which … Continue reading Impossible Foods Plans To Lay Off About 20% of Workers
The New York Times looks at the AbbVie’s anti-inflammatory drug Humira and their “savvy but legal exploitation of the U.S. patent system.” Though AbbVie’s patent was supposed to expire in 2016, since then it’s maintained a monopoly that generated $114 … Continue reading A Drug Company Made $114 Billion Gaming America’s Patent System
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. She can still make sounds, but her words have become uninte… Continue reading An ALS Patient Set a Record For Communicating Via a Brain Implant: 62 Words Per Minute
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: It was landing at Singapore’s international airport a decade ago that sparked Shara Ticku’s idea to create a lab-grown alternative to palm oil. “In 2013 I flew to Singapore, and when I landed I had to w… Continue reading Lab-Grown Alternatives Aim To Cut Palm Oil Dependence
“In Boston labs, old, blind mice have regained their eyesight, developed smarter, younger brains and built healthier muscle and kidney tissue,” reports CNN:
On the flip side, young mice have prematurely aged, with devastating results to nearly every t… Continue reading Old Mice Grow Young Again in Study. Can People Do the Same?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: A small biotech company claims it has used a technology called reprogramming to rejuvenate old mice and extend their lives, a result suggesting that one day older people could have their b… Continue reading Biotech Startup Says Mice Live Longer After Genetic Reprogramming
“Wheat now provides 20% of the calories consumed by humans every day,” writes the Guardian. Unfortunately, “Thanks to human-induced global heating, our planet faces a future of increasingly severe heat waves, droughts and wildfires that could devastate… Continue reading How a ‘Holy Grail’ Wheat Gene Discovery Could Keep Feeding a Warming Planet
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Former Theranos chief operating officer and president Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani was sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison Wednesday for fraud, after the unraveling of the blood-testing juggernaut prompted cr… Continue reading Former Theranos COO Sunny Balwani Sentenced To Nearly 13 Years In Prison