Feb 7, 2020
Scientists discover virus with no recognizable genes
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
Another group finds hundreds of new viruses, some of which may play a role in human disease.
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Feb 7, 2020
Embrace human genome editing
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, government, neuroscience, time travel
Imagine then, the emancipatory potential of genome editing for these millions.
Realizing this potential, however, will require that genome editing meet with societal approval. The typical response right now when you talk to someone about genetic engineering or reproductive technology is a reference to ‘designer babies,’ eugenics, Nazism, and other evils. These arguments have a very powerful emotional hold over many people, but in my opinion, they simply don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Feb 7, 2020
Dr. Dean Ornish
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, health, sustainability
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Reverse disease following Dean Ornish’s program.
The Ornish channel is designed to help people improve their health through learning about sustainable lifestyle changes, while also connecting with others on…
Feb 7, 2020
There’s a Cancer Treatment That Gives People ‘Night Vision’, And We Finally Know Why
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: biotech/medical
Amongst all the different types of cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy — where light in is used to destroy malignant cells — might have one of the strangest side effects: patients are often better able to see in the dark.
Now researchers have figured out why this happens: rhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein in the retinas in our eyes, interacts with a photosensitive compound called chlorin e6, a crucial component of this type of cancer treatment.
The work builds on what scientists already know about the organic compound retinal, which is found in the eye and usually isn’t sensitive to infrared light.
The flagship paper of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium describes the generation of the integrative analyses of 2,658 cancer whole genomes and their matching normal tissues across 38 tumour types, the structures for international data sharing and standardized analyses, and the main scientific findings from across the consortium studies.
Feb 7, 2020
Life on board an O’neill Cylinder
Posted by Roderick Reilly in categories: biotech/medical, habitats, space
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O’Neill Cylinders space stations are examples of large rotating habitats able to be constructed in space in which people and even a complex ecology might be transplanted. But what would it be like living in one and how would civilizations based inside them in the future tend to operate?
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Feb 7, 2020
Dr Tara O’Toole: The CIA, National Security And Preventing The Next Pandemic
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, health, security
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXo5BVdzZQE
Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador interviews Dr. Tara O’Toole, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/intelligence-history/in-q-tel
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Feb 7, 2020
Chinese Doctor Who Raised Alert on Coronavirus Has Died, While The Outbreak Continues
Posted by Prem Vijaywargi in category: biotech/medical
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A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed more than 560 people.
Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships.
