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Tag Archives: Genetics
New Study Shows Gene Therapy For HIV Safe After A Decade
A clinical trial testing a gene therapy for HIV patients is now 11 years old. Recently, the researchers running the [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Singularity
Tagged bruce levine, cancer, carl june, gene therapy, Genetics, hiv aids, Stem Cells, t cells
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Scientists Make Bird Flu Transmissible Between Humans Then Tell World How To Do It
The emergence of the avian flu in 2003 caused alarm around the world as it spread through countries in Asia, [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Singularity
Tagged bird flu, Genetics, h1n1, h5n1, influenza, medicine, recombinant dna, terrorism, virus
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While Average Lifespans Increase, 114 Remains A Stubborn And Mysterious Upper Bound. Why?
Ray Kurzweil predicts that in the coming decades the term “life expectancy” will become irrelevant. By then medical advances and [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Singularity
Tagged Aubrey De Grey, genes, Genetics, longevity, medicine, rectangularization of mortality curve
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Hospital Throws Down $25,000 Prize To Decode Genomic Information
Children’s Hospital Boston recently announced a $25,000 competition for the development of an interpretation and communication system that can deliver genomic [...]
Report: Baby’s Sex Can Be Determined With Mother’s Blood At Seven Weeks
Want to find out if your baby is going to be a boy or a girl but aren’t sure about [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Singularity
Tagged blood, China, diana bianchi, dna, gender tests, Genetics, medicine, pink and blue, tufts university
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Belgian Blues Will Blow Your Mind, These Cows Are Totally Ripped
It’s been more than a decade since humans have cracked their own genetic code, but we’ve yet to wake up [...]
Posted in Genetics, Video Central
Tagged Belgian Blue, designer babies, Genetics, line breeding, myostatin, selective breeding
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New Technique Allows Scientists to Control Neurons In The Brain With Light (video)
More and more neuroscientists are using a new tool to shed light–literally–on the brain to uncover its secrets. The brain [...]
Posted in Cyborg, Video Central
Tagged brain, Deisseroth, Ed Boyden, Genetics, optogenetics
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Immortal Jellyfish Provides Clues for Regenerative Medicine
The search for the fountain of youth has been ongoing ever since man decided that dying wasn’t all that appealing. [...]
Chinese Scientists Clone Cows With “Humanized” Milk
This very moment, grazing in the fields of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology in Beijing, China is a particular [...]
Japanese Researchers Successfully Grow Sperm in Lab – Eventual Cure for Infertility?
In an amazing technical feat researchers in Japan have accomplished something that has stymied the field for the past half [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged cancer, genes, Genetics, medicine, regenerative medicine, Stem Cells
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Simple Blood Test Now Detects Prenatal Down Syndrome
Things are definitely on the move in the field of fetal screening. Researchers at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged Down Syndrome, fetus, Genetics, maternal, prenatal
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Researchers Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Cells (video)
It’s faster, more powerful, and user-friendly. No, I’m not talking about the latest generation tablet, I’m talking about the latest [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged genes, Genetics, medicine, regenerative medicine, Stem Cells
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This Fall, Don’t Forget Your DNA on Your Way to College
Thanks to new programs at UC-Berkeley and Stanford University, some students around the country have a new item to add [...]
Cloning Extinct Species: How Close Are We?
For as long as life has been a feature of this planet, natural selection has been wiping out species with [...]
DNA Factory Plans to Open Within 6 Months
Good news for all you aspiring Craig Venters out there. Before the end of the year, synthetic biologists will have [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged biobrick, biofab, biological parts, dna, Genetics, nsf, synthetic biology
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How Do People Respond to Bad Genetic News? Just Fine.
If you were going to get Alzheimer’s disease, would you want to know? Or is genetic ignorance bliss? The new [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged 23andme, Alzheimer's Disease, genetic determinism, Genetics
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FDA Will Regulate Commercial Genetics
The New York Times reports that last week the FDA announced plans to regulate commercial genetics companies like 23andMe and [...]
New Research Sheds Light on Autism’s Genetic Causes
Autism remains one of the most poorly understood and troubling developmental disorders of modern medicine. But the genetic revolution could [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged autism, Autism Genome Project, CNV, copy number variation, genes, Genetics
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Bio-Fab Ready to Distribute Building Blocks of Synthetic Life
The first biological design-build facility in the world announced that it will soon be able to synthesize chemicals, fuels and [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged adam arkin, biobrick, biofab, dna, drew endy, gaymon bennett, genetic engineering, Genetics, synthetic biology
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Boolean Logic Unlocks The Key To Finding New Genes in Milliseconds
A little bit of computer science has made it possible to reduce the time it takes to find new genes [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged Boolean logic, Debashis Sahoo, genes, Genetics, MiDReg, Stanford University
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Exclusive: Complete Genomics To Sequence A Million Genomes – CEO
“We Are A Data Company” Cliff Reid, CEO Complete Genomics Without a doubt the hottest company in the genomics sector [...]
IBM Hypes DNA Transistor, Genomes for Less than $1000
Sequencing your genome is going to be such big business that everyone wants to get in on it, even if [...]
Posted in Computer Interfaces, Genetics
Tagged CMOS, DNA electronics, DNA Transistor, Genetics, human genome, ibm, sequencing, SNP Dr.
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23andMe Leading Way to Democratized Disease Research
Here’s a riddle: What do you get when you mix American Idol with genetic testing for disease? The 23andMe research [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged 23andme, ALS, epilepsy, genes, Genetics, migraines, research, revolution, snp
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MIT is Organizing New Genetic Parts
If you want to check out a book you go to the library. If you want to get a copy [...]
The Genetically Modified Food You Eat
Would you eat food that was genetically modified? You probably already have. Scientists have been tinkering with the DNA of [...]