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What to expect in 2019: science in the new year

Posted by Derick Lee in genetics, science

Dec 28
2018

China could emerge as the world’s biggest spender on research and development, after adjusting for the purchasing power of its currency, once countries publish their 2018 spending data in late 2019. Outlays on science in China have accelerated since 2003, although the country still trails behind the United States on measures of research quality. Over in Europe, officials will try to agree on how to disburse a proposed €100 billion (US$110 billion) through the European Union’s next research-funding programme, Horizon Europe, which begins in 2021. It’s unclear how fully UK researchers will be able to participate, as uncertainty over Brexit continues to plague the country.

Gene-editing, open access and a biosafety rethink are set to shape research.

Researchers unravel mystery of how, when DNA replicates

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, genetics

Dec 27
2018

A team of Florida State University researchers has unlocked a decades-old mystery about how a critical cellular process is regulated and what that could mean for the future study of genetics.

Breast Cancer Drugs May Help Treat Resistant Lung Cancers

Posted by Genevieve Klien in biotech/medical, genetics

Dec 27
2018

A class of drugs used to treat certain breast cancers could help fight lung cancers that have become resistant to targeted therapies, according to a study conducted in mice.

The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, found that lung tumours in mice caused by mutations in a gene called EGFR shrunk significantly when a protein called p110a was blocked.

This drug is the first to treat cancer based only on genetics, not the location of the cancer

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in biotech/medical, genetics

Dec 26
2018

Best of 2018: This cancer drug’s FDA approval is “an important first for the cancer community.”

A change in how cancer is treated means more people will benefit from immunotherapy.

The Genetic Revolution

Posted by Genevieve Klien in bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

Dec 24
2018

CRISPR looks set to be the future of gene editing. But experts are cautioning that this revolutionary technique needs to be developed carefully. So what do the next few years hold?

Should We Replace Ourselves? | Zoltan Istvan vs. JFG, TPS #257

Posted by Zoltan Istvan in biological, genetics, internet, life extension, transhumanism

Dec 24
2018

I was in a really interesting 1-hour debate yesterday with Jean-Francois Gariépy who runs a well-known YouTube channel The Public Space, sometimes associated with the Alt-Right. We discussed #transhumanism. I think the debate caught a lot of people by surprise. While I believe in and embrace total diversity, I despise the oppression of human biology and death, and advocate for any means possible to overcome it—including genetic modification and merging with machines. The debate makes me look like the aggressor. But it only proves what I’ve always said, that issues of race and traditional cultural bigotry are minor compared to the issues of humanity battling aging and death itself. All of us are currently in a war to not die:

An important debate on whether or not humanity should play with their own genes. Guest: Zoltan Istvan, transhumanist.

Zoltan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zoltan_istvan

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Bioquark Inc — Ectocrine Technologies — Mosquitos — Ira Pastor

Posted by Ira S. Pastor in aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, business, chemistry, disruptive technology, genetics, health, life extensionTagged aging, bioquark, ectocrine, ectocrinome, health, ira pastor, mosquitos, natural products, wellness

Dec 24
2018

New program coming on-line at Bioquark Inc. (www.bioquark.com) — Ectocrine interactions (the“Ectocrinome”) represents a completely unexplored area related to human health

https://www.prweb.com/releases/bioquark_inc_and_ectocrine_te…004155.htm

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Ira Pastor — Ayersville Schools Discussion — Bioquark Inc.

Posted by Ira S. Pastor in aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, neuroscienceTagged Alzheimer's, anti-aging, bioquantine, bioquark, biotech, cancer, diabetes, health, ira pastor, Life extension, reanima, regenerage, regeneration, regenerative, SCI, science, TBI, wellness

Dec 20
2018

Had a great time with my regenerative biology Q&A session with Ayersville (Ohio, USA) Schools 2nd graders and high school advanced anatomy class — so happy to see kids out there that are interested in these topics at such a young age — creating the future, one mind at a time — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_uu9f7nafc

Scientists added rabbit DNA to a houseplant, and now it’s an air purifier

Posted by Shane Hinshaw in biotech/medical, genetics

Dec 20
2018

Plants are very good at producing oxygen that we all need in order to breath, but what about clearing the air of harmful chemicals? Past research has revealed that plants do a bit of housekeeping when it comes to cleaning the air of certain compounds but researchers wondered if they could help boost that function with a genetic tweak.

In new research published in Environmental Science & Technology, researchers explain how they were able to give a common house plant more power to clean the air around it, and it’s all thanks to DNA from a mammal.

Nature’s 10

Posted by Derick Lee in biotech/medical, genetics

Dec 20
2018

Ten people who mattered in science in 2018. Picks include a rogue gene-editor, a wunderkind physicist and a DNA detective who helped catch a serial killer.