Forbesadded this to EducationSynthetic BiologyWith Food Security Becoming One Of Our Biggest Challenges For Humankind’s Survival, What's On The Menu For The 9 BillionForbes - John CumbersFood security is one of the biggest challenges we’re facing as we move further into this century. Changing climate, pests, stress on water and land are all limiting our ability to produce sufficient amounts
laxmidhar choudhuryadded this to The BookGenetics Biologist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty - CRISPRWIRED - Wired
The Guardianadded this to Top StoriesMosquitoes People v mosquitos: what to do about our biggest killerThe Guardian - Timothy WinegardWe are at war with the mosquito. A swarming and consuming army of 110tn enemy mosquitoes patrols every inch of the globe except for Antarctica, Iceland and a handful of French Polynesian micro-islands.
Genetics Structure of Csx1-cOA 4 complex reveals the basis of RNA decay in Typenature.com - www.nature.com Type III CRISPR-Cas RNases from the Csm and Csx families are activated by cyclic oligoadenylates (cOA). Here the authors present the cOA bound …
Full Nameadded this to MicrobiomeMicrobiome The next frontier for the microbiome: vaginal fluid transplants that take aim at a common conditionstatnews.com - Kate Sheridan • Daily reporting and analysis • The most comprehensive industry coverage from a powerhouse team of reporters• Subscriber-only newsletters • Daily newsletters …
Ashar Pervezadded this to 2019 Biotech Companies Synthetic Biology Ginkgo Bioworks plans to accelerate its biotech efforts after securing a $4 billion valuationBusiness Insider - Zachary HendricksonGinkgo Bioworks, a Boston-based synthetic biology company, raked in $290 million in Series E financing, which the company plans to use to accelerate its biotech efforts across a diverse field of industries
Shababadded this to scienceGenome Editing CRISPR genome editing in stem cells turns to goldnature.com Cavazzana, M., Bushman, F. D., Miccio, A., André-Schmutz, I. & Six, E. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 18, 447–462 (2019). Huisman, T. H. J. et al. J. Clin. …
Fuzzyadded this to Biology newsScience Scientists identify a key molecular driver of fat formationnewatlas.com - Nick Lavars There is a lot we know about what drives weight gain in humans, with behaviors like unhealthy eating and a lack of exercise a couple of well-known …
Roald Bøeadded this to CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGYAtoms How Proteins Send Instant Messages | Cell And Molecular Biologylabroots.com - WRITTEN BY: Carmen Leitch A new study reveals that stopping one protein from functioning can cause some cancer cells to die from stress.... Agriculture has valued the …
Passionfish12added this to SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYDNA Enhanced CRISPR-based DNA demethylation by Casilio-ME-mediated RNA-guinature.com - Aziz Taghbalout, Menghan Du, Nathaniel Jillette, Wojciech Rosikiewicz, Abhijit Rath, Christopher D. Heinen, Sheng Li, Albert W. Cheng Robertson, K. D. DNA methylation and human disease. Nat. Rev. Genet 6, 597–610 (2005). Smith, Z. D. & Meissner, A. DNA methylation: roles in mammalian …
2x1yadded this to DNAHealth CRISPR fix in mice may lead to muscular dystrophy therapyfuturity.org - Derek Thompson-Missouri The CRISPR gene editing technique may provide the means for lifelong correction of the genetic mutation responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, …
Forbesadded this to TechnologyBiohacking Yes, People Can Edit The Genome In Their Garage. Can They Be Regulated?Forbes - Elizabeth FernandezGenetic modification is no longer just confined to the university laboratory. “Biohackers” are becoming more and more prevalent, working out of their garages or home laboratories, modifying the genome
DNA Genetic determinants of cellular addiction to DNA polymerase thetanature.com - www.nature.com Polymerase theta is a widely conserved DNA polymerase that mediates Theta Mediated End Joining. Here authors present a synthetic lethal CRISPR screen …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoPhilosophy of Science Procreative Beneficence and Genetic Enhancementpitt.edu - Walter Veit Imagine a world where everyone is healthy, intelligent, long living and happy. Intuitively this seems wonderful albeit unrealistic. However, recent …
Popular ScienceProtein The key to curing the common cold could lurk within our own cellsPopular Science - Kat EschnerSniffle season is here, but so is a potential solution—and we don't mean chicken soup. Researchers at Stanford University and the University of California San Francisco have identified a specific protein
MIT Technology Reviewadded this to MIT Technology ReviewTechnology CRISPR could help us cure sickle-cell disease. But patients are wary.MIT Technology Review - Mike Orcutt How accessible would a cure be to the people who need it? A gene-editing technique that has shown promise as a potential cure for sickle-cell disease …
Bio News Servicesadded this to Parkinson's News TodayGenetics CRISPR/Cas9’s Potential in Better Understanding and Treating Parkinson’s Focus of Review Studyparkinsonsnewstoday.com - Patricia Inacio, PhD In a recent review, scientists highlight the potential of gene editing technologies like CRISPR/Cas9 to not only understand the molecular mechanisms …
IKITOadded this to Healthy LivingCancer Cancer: Why drug testing needs to improveMedical News Today - By Maria Cohut Researchers keep on developing new drugs to fight cancer, and while some are indeed effective, others never fulfill their promise. A new study now …
Optometry Personalised medicine: developing gene therapiesaop.org.uk - by Emily McCormick, Laurence Derbyshire Tara Moore, a professor of personalised medicine at Ulster University, is working on a project that aims to develop a gene therapy treatment for …
Autism Zylka Lab awarded NIH grant to develop CRISPR/Cas9 gene therapy for Angelman syndrome | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org Mark Zylka, Ph.D., of the UNC Neuroscience Center, was awarded two 5-year grants totaling $6.1 million to create new knowledge and advance treatments …
Art A Personal Canon: Stephen Houston on Five Influential Textsyalebooks.com - blog.yalebooks.com Stephen Houston — Books can amuse, provoke, and uplift. The best ones are also, just a bit, like CRISPR technology. That breakthrough allows …
TechCrunchadded this to Top StoriesTechnology Biology as technology will reinvent trillion-dollar industriesTechCrunch - Navin ChaddhaWe face two major threats today: one to the health of our planet and the other to our own. The U.N. says the global population will hit 9.7 billion by 2050, meaning more people consuming more natural than
Peak Bggradded this to Biotech InvestingGenetics CRISPR gene editing shows promise in diabetesSeeking Alpha - Douglas W. House CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ:CRSP) and collaboration partner Viacyte announce encouraging data on the use of CRISPR/Cas9 to edit a pluripotent stem …
lslattonadded this to eLsHealth Congress Is Investigating Private Equity’s Role in Huge Medical Bills: Brainstorm HealthFortune - Sy Mukherjee Here's a thing that happens in the world of American health care: You can show up to a hospital, have insurance, and then still unexpectedly be …
Andrew Bradyadded this to biomedical Genetics CRISPR portfolio now at 14 and countingberkeley.edu - By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley| September 17, 2019 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today awarded the University of California (UC), University of Vienna and Emmanuelle Charpentier a …
Genetics CRISPR Cure For Sickle Cell May Be Slowed By Black Patients' Mistrustnewsy.com - Cat Sandoval CRISPR may be a cure, but clinical trials may lack volunteers because of black patients' mistrust of biased and unethical medical practices. "It's …
Marine Mammals Don't miss: the art of science, vanishing cetaceans and edited humans | New Scientistnewscientist.com - www.newscientist.com The Art of Innovation, on BBC Radio 4 from 16 September, explores the relationship between art and science over the past 250 years. An accompanying …
IKITOadded this to Healthy LivingGenetics Pros and cons of genetic scissors | EurekAlert! Science Newseurekalert.org In combination with other methods, Crispr technology might one day render animal testing obsolete. Crispr technology has greatly facilitated gene …
TR added this to STEM Cancer Most cancer drugs fail in testing. This might be a big reason why.Vox - Julia BelluzIn the quest for the next cancer cure, few researchers bother to look back at the graveyard of failed medicines to figure out what went wrong. The number of failures is staggering: 97 percent of the time
D Ladded this to The Medical MinuteChemical Engineering Genetically engineered plasmid can be used to fight antimicrobial resistancephys.org - American Society for Microbiology Researchers have engineered a plasmid to remove an antibiotic resistance gene from the Enterococcus faecalis bacterium, an accomplishment that could …
