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Mar 5, 2019

Coinbase Preventing Account Closures as #DeleteCoinbase Movement Spreads

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies

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Multiple users are reporting on social media that they are currently unable to delete their Coinbase accounts. This news comes as some cryptocurrency enthusiasts continue to clamor for a boycott of the exchange giant over its recent acquisition of Neutrino.

Amid the clamor for a boycott on Coinbase, some users are saying that the company is preventing them from closing down their accounts. Respondents say they followed the fairly easy account closing procedure only to be met with error messages.

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Mar 5, 2019

H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists have long tried to duplicate the procedure that led to the first long-term remission 12 years ago. With the so-called London patient, they seem to have succeeded.

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Mar 5, 2019

How Much Of The Unobservable Universe Will We Someday Be Able To See?

Posted by in category: cosmology

As more time passes since the Big Bang, more of the Universe comes into view. But how much?

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Mar 5, 2019

Remembering ENIAC, and the Women Who Programmed It

Posted by in category: computing

ENIAC was the world’s first electronic digital computer, and though it was glossed over in the history books, it was programmed by a team of six women. Remembering their contributions could inspire young women looking to break into the male-dominated tech industry.

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Mar 5, 2019

Chinese developers’ New Year’s resolution – diversify into robotics, green cars and Beijing’s other pet projects

Posted by in categories: government, robotics/AI, transportation

To stay at the top of the tycoon pile, developers are quickly diversifying, embracing the government’s new pet industry – tech.

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Mar 4, 2019

Soon, hundreds of tourists will go to space. What should we call them?

Posted by in category: space

Astronauts or astro-nots?

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Mar 4, 2019

Promising new pancreatic cancer treatment moves forward

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

A study published today in the journal Nature Medicine led by researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) describes a new therapeutic approach with potential for patients with pancreatic cancer. These researchers discovered a combination drug therapy that may effectively combat the disease. HCI researchers first observed anti-cancer impacts in a laboratory setting and, subsequently, in its first use in a human patient.

The study has already progressed to a clinical trial that is now open at HCI and will soon be open at other sites in the United States. Details about the clinical trial, called THREAD, are available under National Clinical Trial Number 03825289. The combination therapy uses two drugs already approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration for other diseases, including cancer. The new drug combination is administered through pills taken orally.

Pancreatic tumors are characterized by mutations in a gene called KRAS. When KRAS is mutated in this way, it sends constant signals that promote abnormal cell division and growth in cancer cells. As a result, tumors grow out of control. At the same time, like all cells, pancreatic cancer cells must recycle their components to provide building blocks for new growth in an essential cell function known as autophagy. Previous studies to combat pancreatic cancer that were focused either on the role of KRAS or on impacting autophagy were not effective.

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Mar 4, 2019

China Opens Its First Mars Simulation Base

Posted by in category: space

Visitors will get a chance to tackle the types of problems colonists might face on the real Mars.

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Mar 4, 2019

PepsiCo’s top scientist is joining the fight to help you live forever

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

The longevity sector is showing signs of being taken more seriously. On Tuesday, Mehmood Khan, vice chairman and chief scientific officer of PepsiCo, announced he’s joining Life Biosciences, a startup dedicated to “age-reversal.” Khan will become the startup’s CEO and a member of its board of directors.

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Mar 4, 2019

First CRISPR therapy administered in landmark human trial

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical

The first confirmed CRISPR gene editing clinical trial to take place outside of China is officially underway, after pharmaceutical companies CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex revealed a human patient has been administered the experimental treatment targeting a rare blood disease.

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