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Nov 19, 2017
World’s First Cloned Dog Has Been Cloned Again
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment, health
“How healthy are clones? What about clones of clones?”
This seems like a pretty silly way to go about testing this. I’d clone like 1,000 to 10,000 mice and track them down generations to see if there was anything abnormal. Then, 1,000 cloned rats. And, finally clone 100 monkeys.
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Nov 19, 2017
World’s First Artificial Kidney Is All Set To Replace Dialysis in 2–3 Years. Here is how it works!
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, computing
A team of university scientists has developed the world’s first artificial kidney technology to be implanted in the body. Their bio-hybrid approach uses living kidney cells in tandem with a series of specialized microchips powered by the human heart to filter waste from the blood stream.
The National Kidney Foundation estimates that over 100,000 patients are on the waiting list for a donor kidney, and over 3,000 are added list each year. The average patient spends 3.6 years waiting for a viable transplant, and may be treated with dialysis while they wait, but only one in three dialysis patient survives longer than five years without a transplant.
Nov 19, 2017
The Moon Express MX-1E Lander Is Heading for the Moon or Bust
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Take a close look at the R2-D2-shaped lander that startup Moon Express wants to land on the moon.
Nov 19, 2017
Hydrogen turned into metal in stunning act of alchemy that could revolutionize technology and spaceflight
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: materials, space travel
Revolutionizing technology and spaceflight.
‘It’s the first-ever sample of metallic hydrogen on Earth, so when you’re looking at it, you’re looking at something that’s never existed before’
For nearly 100 years, scientists have dreamed of turning the lightest of all the elements, hydrogen, into a metal.
Nov 19, 2017
Why I’m Digging Deep Into Alzheimer’s
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
This effects whole families and their emotional well being!
Bill Gates shares his thoughts on Alzheimer’s disease and his hopes for accelerating progress to find a breakthrough.
Nov 19, 2017
Experts discuss warning signs of eruption at Yellowstone super volcano
Posted by John Gallagher in category: futurism
- Geology
- Volcanic Eruption
Experts discuss warning signs of eruption at Yellowstone super volcano
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Nov 19, 2017
Dark cloud over future force with current strain on troops, says DoD’s top personnel official
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: futurism, military
A new survey is worrying the leader of DoD’s personnel and readiness office about how the military will recruit in the future.
Nov 19, 2017
Pope to lawmakers: Protect all people with health care laws
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, health, sustainability
“Increasingly, sophisticated and costly treatment are available to ever more limited and privileged segments of the population, and this raises questions about the sustainability of health care delivery and about what might be called a systemic tendency toward growing inequality in health care,” the pope said.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday urged lawmakers to ensure that health care laws protect the “common good,” decrying the fact that in many places only the privileged can afford sophisticated medical treatments.
The comments came as U.S. lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have been debating how to overhaul the nation’s health insurance laws.
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Nov 19, 2017
Chinese robot becomes world’s first machine to pass medical exam
Posted by Amnon H. Eden in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Its developer iFlytek Co Ltd, a leading Chinese artificial intelligence company, said on Thursday that the robot scored 456 points, 96 points higher than the required marks.
The artificial-intelligence-enabled robot can automatically capture and analyze patient information and make initial diagnosis. It will be used to assist doctors to improve efficiency in future treatments, iFlytek said.
This is part of broader efforts by China to accelerate the application of AI in healthcare, consumer electronics, and other industries.
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