“MUST READ”
Revealed: Google AI has access to huge haul of
NHS patient data It’s no secret that Google has broad ambitions in healthcare.
But a document obtained by New Scientist reveals that the tech giant’s
collaboration with the UK’s National Health Service …
DISRUPTION,
REVOLUTION
Top scientists hold closed meeting to discuss
building a human genome from scratch Over 130 scientists, lawyers,
entrepreneurs, and government officials from five continents gathered at
Harvard this week for an “exploratory” meeting to discuss the t…
Scientists Talk Privately About Creating a
Synthetic Human Genome Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a
human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA
contained in human chromosomes.
Pondering ‘what it means to be human’ on the
frontier of gene editing People in pain write to Jennifer Doudna. They have a
congenital illness. Or they have a sick child. Or they carry the gene for
Huntington’s disease or some other dreadful time bom…
TOOLS/TECHNIQUES
5 Tips on Vector Preparation for Gene Cloning –
Bitesize Bio One of the most crucial steps in any cloning procedure is the
preparation of the vector. Get it wrong and your chances of success will be
drastically reduced.
A $1 paper-based test can detect the Zika virus
in around two hours “For our group it’s become an interesting case study in how
quickly a group can mobilize in the face of an outbreak,” Dr. James Collins
explains over the phone.
HEALTH/MEDECINE
The Improvisational Oncologist The bone-marrow
biopsy took about 20 minutes. It was 10 o’clock on an unusually chilly morning
in New York in April, and Donna M., a self-possessed 78-year-old woman, had
flown in from Chicago to see me in my office at…
Robot surgeon outperforms human colleagues
doing same procedure It’s another victory for the machines: a robotic surgical
system outperformed humans and robot-assisted human operators in a soft-tissue
procedure, bringing us that much closer to autom…
COMPANIES
CRISPR Drug Maker Intellia Therapeutics Sells
$108M In IPO Shares The latest biopharmaceutical company testing Wall Street’s
belief in the promise of gene modification has gone public.
SOMETHING
DIFFERENT
'Burning Man for the 1%': the desert party for
the tech elite, with Eric Schmidt in a top hat Further Future is the
tech-centric, unapologetically luxurious alternative to Burning Man, complete
with personal assistants, spa treatments and fine dinin…
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