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Dec 21, 2018
AIDS cure? MAJOR breakthrough as scientists succeed in destroying HIV-infected cells
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, innovation
SCIENTISTS have made a major breakthrough which they hope could lead to a cure to HIV and AIDS.
Dec 21, 2018
Neural Stem Cells Grown From Blood Could Revolutionize Medicine
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, quantum physics
New nerve cells represent a quantum jump for regenerative therapy.
Unlike other reprogrammed stem cells, these can continue to multiply in a lab.
Dec 21, 2018
Guitarist plays through brain surgery
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Dec 21, 2018
Plant Hallucinogen Holds Hope for Diabetes Treatment
Posted by Xavier Rosseel in category: biotech/medical
A potent molecular cocktail containing a compound from ayahuasca spurs rapid growth of insulin-producing cells.
- By Emily Willingham on December 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018
Synthetic Life: Made from Scratch
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, computing
Today, the application of engineering methodologies to the rational modification of organisms is a persistent goal of synthetic biology. Most synthetic biologists describe biological engineering as a hierarchy, wherein parts (genes, DNA) are used to build devices (many genes together), which in turn can be used to construct systems (a series of many devices). The challenge in transforming synthetic biology into a true engineering discipline is that the parts, which are the rudimentary building blocks of higher-order constructions, are fundamentally limited by the rigor of their characterization. This is really the case in all established engineering disciplines. In electrical engineering, for instance, the baseline components (transistors, resistors, wires, etc.) have been characterized so well that children can use them and the resulting circuits behave as expected. Once all âpartsâ are standardized, it may be possible for synthetic biologists to use individual DNA building blocks to construct entirely synthetic life forms from the bottom-up.
Dec 20, 2018
Scientists use modified salmonella to smuggle cancer-fighting particles into the tumor
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology
Coming up with potent anti-cancer drugs is one thing, delivering them to the site of a tumor inside the body is very much another. With a complicated organism guarded by a highly evolved immune system to navigate, getting these particles to there target in one piece is a challenging task, and one that scientists are continuing to tackle from all angles. A promising new approach developed at Virginia Tech leans on the penetrative properties of a salmonella infection, which theyâve found can be used as a vehicle to smuggle cancer-fighting nanoparticles into a tumor in a huge abundance.
Dec 20, 2018
Ira Pastor â Ayersville Schools Discussion â Bioquark Inc.
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, neuroscience
Had a great time with my regenerative biology Q&A session with Ayersville (Ohio, USA) Schools 2nd graders and high school advanced anatomy class â so happy to see kids out there that are interested in these topics at such a young age â creating the future, one mind at a time â https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_uu9f7nafc
Tags: Alzheimer's, anti-aging, bioquantine, bioquark, biotech, cancer, diabetes, health, ira pastor, Life extension, reanima, regenerage, regeneration, regenerative, SCI, science, TBI, wellness
Dec 20, 2018
Scientists added rabbit DNA to a houseplant, and now itâs an air purifier
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Plants are very good at producing oxygen that we all need in order to breath, but what about clearing the air of harmful chemicals? Past research has revealed that plants do a bit of housekeeping when it comes to cleaning the air of certain compounds but researchers wondered if they could help boost that function with a genetic tweak.
In new research published in Environmental Science & Technology, researchers explain how they were able to give a common house plant more power to clean the air around it, and itâs all thanks to DNA from a mammal.
Dec 20, 2018
Biohacker injects himself with DNA sequence made from Bible and Koran verses
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: biotech/medical, education
A biohacker injected himself with DNA sequence made from parts of the Bible and Koran in a risky experiment because he âwondered whether it would be possible.â
Adrien Locatelli, from Grenoble in France, translated religious passages into DNA code to build unknown proteins which he then poured into his body.
The high-school student risked potentially fatal consequences after conducting the procedure without any knowledge of the effects the proteins would have on his body.
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