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A Gene Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half
[ad_1] In a step toward the wider use of gene editing, a treatment that uses Crispr successfully slashed high cholesterol levels in a small…
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A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos
[ad_1] In 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he revealed that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Using Crispr, he…
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Jona Health’s Mail-Order Kit Helps You Decode Your Microbiome
[ad_1] Look, there’s nothing quite like starting your day by pooping on a little paper hammock affixed to your toilet seat and then poking…
Business
FDA Adds Label Warning to J&J’s and Legend Biotech’s Cancer Therapy
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday labeling changes for the blood cancer therapy of Johnson & Johnson and its partner…
Business
Life sciences advocates, economic development agencies launch centralized hub | Long Island Business News
[ad_1] New York Bio Connect, a new health and life sciences hub, has officially launched to serve as a central resource for New York’s…
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Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues
[ad_1] The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected Neuralink’s attempt to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis, citing pending applications by…
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A Neuralink Rival Says Its Eye Implant Restored Vision in Blind People
[ad_1] One of these, called the Argus II, was approved for commercial use in Europe in 2011 and in the US in 2013. That…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
MCC’s biotechnology program receives Pathmaker Validation from Mass Life Sciences Center
[ad_1] On Aug. 13, Middlesex Community College’s biotechnology program received a Pathmaker Validation from the Mass Life Sciences Center. Representatives from MLSC joined Middlesex…
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An Ultrathin Graphene Brain Implant Was Just Tested in a Person
[ad_1] In 2004, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester in England achieved a breakthrough when they isolated graphene for the…
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This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds
[ad_1] “It’s pretty exciting and freeing to keep my independence,” Mark says. “Some days can be more challenging, especially depending how I’m feeling, but…
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Woman Who Received Pig Kidney Transplant Has It Removed
[ad_1] Surgeons in New York have removed a pig kidney less than two months after transplanting it into Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman with…
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WTF Is With the Pink Pineapples at the Grocery Store?!
[ad_1] On a recent trip to Giant Eagle, my local grocery store in Pittsburgh, I noticed something new in the fruit section: a single…
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There’s New Hope for an HIV Vaccine
[ad_1] Since it was first identified in 1983, HIV has infected more than 85 million people and caused some 40 million deaths worldwide. While…
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China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces
[ad_1] At a tech forum in Beijing last week, a Chinese company unveiled a “homegrown” brain-computer interface that allowed a monkey to seemingly control…
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He Got a Pig Kidney Transplant. Now Doctors Need to Keep It Working
[ad_1] Other than rejection of the organ, one of the most common transplant complications is infection. Doctors have to strike a balance when prescribing…
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This Bag of Cells Could Grow New Livers Inside of People
[ad_1] In early experiments, Lagasse found that if he injected healthy liver cells into the lymph nodes of mice, the cells would flourish and…
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A Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Was Just Transplanted Into a Person for the First Time
[ad_1] Slayman received his first kidney transplant in 2018 from a human donor. The donor kidney initially functioned well, but Slayman started to go…
Education
The American Academy of Stem Cell Physicians Recently Concluded Its Seventh Scientific Session in Miami
[ad_1] Physicians and healthcare providers can attend the instructor course of TAI Chi now available at the conference. Dr AJ Farshchian held classes for…
Breaking News
Endless biotechnological innovation requires a creative approach
[ad_1] BYLINE: Laura Thomas Newswise — Scientists working on biological design should focus on the idiosyncrasies of biological systems over optimisation, according to new…
Business
Johnson & Johnson: Biotech a shot in the arm for future growth? | Entrepreneur
[ad_1] Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), a healthcare sector powerhouse with over 130 years of experience, has long dominated diverse sub-sectors within the industry.…