Atomic Gardens: When the USA grew plants with nuclear energy
Atomic gardens? Simple: plant metal bars loaded with isotopes in the middle of the garden, expose it to radiation and mute the DNA of the plants. Nice, huh?
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We have genes that activate after death
The reason for the "post-mortem" reactivation remains unknown: it is now clear that death is a much more complicated process than we thought.
CRISPR, the first test starts directly in the body
The CRISPR test will cure an inherited form of blindness in subjects with healthy eyes, but without the gene that converts light into signals that produce vision.
Revolution in regenerative medicine: a microchip changes the function of cells and can "heal" entire organs
The small device uses nano transfection of tissues to regenerate entire organs with the touch of a finger: what was once matter for Star Trek now comes close to reality.
In 2020 NASA will launch the first living organisms in space for 50 years now.
BioSentinel is one of 13 projects planned as part of the Artemis 1 mission scheduled for mid-2020. 47 years after the last launch of living organisms (Apollo 17, which reached the Moon in December 1972).
Investigated the researcher who shared genetic experiments on himself
The investigation for illegal practice of the medical profession could have implications for all those who do "biohacking", the practice of altering one's body with implants or frontier medical treatments.
The co-inventor of CRISPR: by 2024 we will eat genetically edited food
It's not GMO but science is involved: the food edited with CRISPR promises to be healthier and longer lasting, and according to its co-inventor it will be on the market within 5 years.
The Ice Bucket Challenge helps against ALS
We have all thought at least once that the #Ice Bucket Challenge was a media stunt, an unserious way to raise funds for scientific and medical research against #ALS. In reality, that wasn't really the case. Here's what's happened in the last few months. During the summer of 2014, photos and videos began to appear on social media of people falling over or having buckets of frozen water poured over them. But why? All this was to give visibility to the research against… Read more
Venter: Big data will make us live well beyond one hundred years
Lifespans could very soon begin to rocket upwards beyond three-digit numbers. According to David Agus and Craig Venter, we are on the eve of an extraordinary medical revolution: Agus, Professor of Medicine at the University of Southern California, declared very precisely that the average lifespan will very soon reach around 100 years. Craig Venter, co-founder and head of Human Longevity inc. relaunches by stating that there is no limit to the years we could live, except the capacity... Read more
CEO of a startup tries out treatments to stop aging
Elizabeth Parrish, the 44-year-old head of BioViva, a biotechnology startup, said she started gene therapy on herself last month in an undisclosed location: the goal is to directly test solutions that will become cures for Alzheimer's and muscle loss. Parrish said in an online interview Sunday that she underwent two forms of gene therapy after contracting with a lab… Read more
What is life? Venter promises a new human evolution
“What is life?” asks Craig Venter, the man who first mapped the human genome and created the first cell with a synthetic genome. “Just 3 letters are enough to compose a universe of questions still unanswered. What separates the animate from the inanimate? What are the basic ingredients of life? Who lit the first spark? How did the first organism evolve? How extensive is life in the universe? If other types of creatures exist on other planets, they are intelligent… Read more
Connectomics – Building a map of the mind
There are approximately 100 billion neurons in the brain of an adult human, and each of these neurons is connected to hundreds of others for a total of approximately 150 billion connections in total. Neuroscience is discovering that it is the pattern of these connections, the structure of this immense neural network, that is largely responsible for the functionality of the brain, in other words for our mental life: everything we feel, think, experience or do. Our … Read more
