Archive for the ‘genetics’ category: Page 428
Aug 6, 2017
With genetic morph, a weird type of anthrax has emerged—and it’s on a rampage
Posted by Bryan Gatton in category: genetics
Aug 3, 2017
3 Exponential Techs to Watch | Future of Everything with Jason Silva | Singularity University
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: futurism, genetics, nanotechnology, robotics/AI, Singularity University
“Pay attention to the the trends in exponential technologies, particularly to “the big three.” GNR: Genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics.”
Aug 3, 2017
Deadly gene mutations removed from human embryos in landmark study
Posted by Mary Jain in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Aug 2, 2017
Pay attention to the trends in exponential technologies, particularly to “the big three,” says Jason Silva
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: genetics, nanotechnology, robotics/AI
Pay attention to the trends in exponential technologies. particularly to “the big three,” says Jason Silva. Those 3 are GNR: Genetics, Nanotechnology, and Robotics.
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Aug 1, 2017
If you enjoyed our exclusive interview with Professor George Church earlier today, you might be interested to know that you could have dinner with him!
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
https://www.lifespan.io/campaigns/agemeter-biomarker-scan/#reward_13
This is one of the great rewards on offer for supporting AgeMeter, a functional age biomarker system, a project endorsed by Professor Church.
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Aug 1, 2017
The Era of Human Gene Editing Is Here—What Happens Next Is Critical
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, health
Scientists in Portland, Ore., just succeeded in creating the first genetically modified human embryo in the United States, according to Technology Review. A team led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health & Science University is reported to “have broken new ground both in the number of embryos experimented upon and by demonstrating that it is possible to safely and efficiently correct defective genes that cause inherited diseases.”
The U.S. team’s results follow two trials—one last year and one in April—by researchers in China who injected genetically modified cells into cancer patients. The research teams used CRISPR, a new gene-editing system derived from bacteria that enables scientists to edit the DNA of living organisms.
The era of human gene editing has begun.
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Aug 1, 2017
Professor George Church – Turning Back Time to End Age-related Diseases
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, computing, genetics, life extension, neuroscience
Many of you will likely already know who Professor George Church is and that he is an important and senior member of the research community engaged in treating the aging processes to prevent or reverse age-related diseases, not to mention all kinds of other applications for genetic engineering. For those who are not familiar with him a short bio follows.
George Church is a professor at Harvard & MIT, the co-author of over 425 papers, 95 patent publications and the book Regenesis. He developed the methods used for the first genome sequence back in 1994 and he was instrumental in reducing the costs since then using next generation sequencing and nanopores plus barcoding, DNA assembly from chips, genome editing, writing and re-coding.
He co-initiated the Genome projects in 1984 and 2005 to create and interpret the world’s only open-access personal precision medicine datasets. He was also involved in launching the BRAIN Initiative in 2011.
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Jul 31, 2017
Prof. George Church: CRISPR and Technologies For Effective Global Altruism
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Link to Prof. George Church’s website.
Prof. Chuch’s Bio
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Jul 31, 2017
Opinion: Super-intelligence and eternal life—transhumanism’s faithful follow it blindly into a future for the elite
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cyborgs, genetics, life extension, nanotechnology, robotics/AI, transhumanism
The rapid development of so-called NBIC technologies – nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science – are giving rise to possibilities that have long been the domain of science fiction. Disease, ageing and even death are all human realities that these technologies seek to end.
They may enable us to enjoy greater “morphological freedom” – we could take on new forms through prosthetics or genetic engineering. Or advance our cognitive capacities. We could use brain-computer interfaces to link us to advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
Nanobots could roam our bloodstream to monitor our health and enhance our emotional propensities for joy, love or other emotions. Advances in one area often raise new possibilities in others, and this “convergence” may bring about radical changes to our world in the near-future.
