Collaborate Disseminate
Bruce66423 shares a report from the Associated Press: A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city. During a search of a Sa… Continue reading Woman Whose Rape Kit DNA Led To Her Arrest Sues San Francisco
A federal judge on Thursday tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. That leaves the former Silicon Valley star a step closer to serving prison time. … Continue reading Judge Declines To Overturn Elizabeth Holmes Guilty Verdict
Live and high-resolution images of a patient’s internal organs are already possible with ultrasound imaging technology. But currently the technology “requires bulky and specialized equipment available only in hospitals and doctor’s offices,” explains a… Continue reading MIT Engineers Develop Stickers That Can See Inside the Body
“In what’s being hailed as an important first for chemistry, an international team of scientists has developed a new technology that can selectively rearrange atomic bonds within a single molecule,” reports New Atlas. “The breakthrough allows for an un… Continue reading Chemistry Breakthrough Offers Unprecedented Control Over Atomic Bonds
A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first person to undergo DNA editing in order to lower their blood cholesterol, a step that may foreshadow wide use of the technology to prevent heart attacks. MIT Technology Review reports: The experiment, part… Continue reading Edits To a Cholesterol Gene Could Stop the Biggest Killer On Earth
Serhat Gumrukcu faces trial in a purported plot to kill an associate who could have exposed him and derailed a drug-development deal worth millions. From a report: Even as a teenager back in Turkey, Serhat Gumrukcu dazzled audiences. In a 2002 video, h… Continue reading Biotech Wizard Left a Trail of Fraud — Prosecutors Allege It Ended in Murder
“Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have developed a new drug cocktail that can convert cells into totipotent stem cells, the very seeds of life…” writes New Atlas:
Not all stem cells are created equal — they sit in a branching hierar… Continue reading Chinese Team Claims Stem Cell Breakthrough in Mice Study
In 2003, the Human Genome Project finished sequencing every bit of human DNA, remembers MIT News.
“Now, over two decades later, MIT Professor Jonathan Weissman and colleagues have gone beyond the sequence to present the first comprehensive functional… Continue reading New CRISPR-based Map Ties Every Human Gene To Its Function
“In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again,” reports CNN:
Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versio… Continue reading Scientists Claim They’ve Reversed Aging in Mice
Humble Bee Bio is on a mission to create a biodegradable alternative to plastics by synthesizing the biology of bees. TechCrunch reports: While the New Zealand-based company is still at an early stage — it’s about halfway through its proof of concept … Continue reading New Zealand’s Humble Bee Bio Is Using Bees To Create Bioplastics