Category: Genetics
Hospital Throws Down $25,000 Prize To Decode Genomic Information
Written by: David Hill 12 hours ago
Children’s Hospital Boston recently announced a $25,000 competition for the development of an interpretation and communication system that can deliver genomic [...]
Embryonic Stem Cells Used To Improve Vision Of Blind Patients
Written by: Peter Murray 15 days ago
Macular degeneration had left Sue Freeman, 78, legally blind. She couldn’t go for a walk by herself, she couldn’t go [...]
India Finds Cases Of Tuberculosis Completely Resistant To Drugs
Written by: Peter Murray 24 days ago
This is scary. A report out of India identifies four new cases of tuberculosis that are completely resistant to drug [...]
Hold Off On That Glass Just Yet – Red Wine Researcher Charged With Falsifying Data
Written by: Peter Murray 25 days ago
The next time you toast a Cabernet Sauvignon to your heart health, you might be better off just toasting Tim [...]
Latest Victory For Regenerative Medicine: Pituitary Grown From Embryonic Stem Cells
Written by: Peter Murray 56 days ago
Chalk up another part of the body that can be grown from stem cells – at least in mice. Scientists [...]
New Gene Therapy Stops The Bleeding In Hemophilia Patients (video)
Written by: Peter Murray 58 days ago
Finally, some good news about gene therapy. And just in time for the holidays. A recent study showed that giving [...]
Freezing Life: Cryogenics Is The Last Hope For Many Endangered Species
Written by: Peter Murray 66 days ago
The Great Barrier Reef is dying. As pollution and other man-made influences threaten the reef, which is not expected to [...]
Financial Priorities Force Geron To End Human Trials For Promising Stem Cell Treatment
Written by: Peter Murray 81 days ago
The promise of future stem cell treatments just took a significant hit. Biopharmaceutical trailblazer Geron Corporation just called it quits as [...]
Copper’s New Role: Germ Killer
Written by: Peter Murray 88 days ago
We’ve already got hand sanitizer at every entrance and waiting room, signs in the bathrooms to remind us to wash [...]
After 24 Years, Joe Cohen’s Malaria Vaccine Will Probably Be World’s First
Written by: Peter Murray 107 days ago
Joe Cohen didn’t know much about malaria when he agreed to head the vaccine research program at a company that [...]
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Are You BioCurious? Now You Can Join the Club, Use the Lab, Hack Your Biology.
Written by: Aaron Saenz 118 days ago
The Do It Yourself community is breaking new ground. Forget learning how to knit, building your own computer, or fixing [...]
The Battle Over Genetically Modified Food Continues – FDA Petitioned To Require GM Labels
Written by: Aaron Saenz 122 days ago
Okay, think fast: how often do you eat genetically modified foods? *buzzer* I’m sorry, but the answer we were looking [...]
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Stem Cell Tourism: Seeking Treatment On The Internet And Paying For It With Your Life
Written by: Peter Murray 126 days ago
Stem cell research has the potential to revolutionize medicine. But while researchers continue to make strides to bring the technology [...]
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Hmmm.... *looks at Watson* *imagines 1000^2 times more powerful computer* *imagines Watson becomes as good as other things as he is with natural language* effectively this date gives computers after the [...]
turtles_allthewaydown
Seems quite possible. But will it be AI? Or will it be a well-programmed machine that understands native English? Still impressive, but there's a [...]
turtles_allthewaydown
How does the first question mostly made of 0's? There are clearly more 1's (especially if one distinguishes between o and 0)