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The gene-editing tool is powerful, and an antidote can help make it safer.

With cells from a patient’s own skin.

One macromolecule to rule them all, from Ebola to Zika and the flu.

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Neural prosthetics, driverless cars, geoengineering and more.

This first trial will study the safety of using CRISPR-edited immune cells as a therapy.

This could be a huge deal, a game changer even.

Definitely research to follow closely.

Continue reading “Immune cells in covering of brain discovered; may play critical role in battling neurological diseases” »

Now you can turn your smartphone into an eye doctor.

Nice.

(NaturalNews) A diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, was once considered a death sentence, but advanced automation technology is offering new hope to sufferers of the rare condition.

Most ALS patients eventually face an extremely difficult choice: either die from the lack of ability to breathe once the disease progresses or undergo a tracheostomy and spend the rest of one’s life on a ventilator – unable to move or speak.

Continue reading “Man suffering from ALS creates home electronic automation system that uses eye movement and brain waves” »

Some of the most famous artists in history may have left subtle clues to brain disease in their work, scientists have found.