Some paralyzed patients are up and walking within a day thanks to these revolutionary implants

Some paralyzed patients are up and walking within a day thanks to these revolutionary implants

Four years ago Michel Roccati was involved in a motorcycle accident. He suffered what neurologists call a “complete” spinal-cord injury—he ...
H+: Does transhumanism ‘sacrifice the rights of the individual on the altar of the collective good’?

H+: Does transhumanism ‘sacrifice the rights of the individual on the altar of the collective good’?

J. R. Miller | 
Transhumanism (Humanity+ or hereafter H+) is a 20th– century endeavor grounded in rational humanism that trusts technological advances to answer ...
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Genomics AI tool: Google’s DeepVariant released as open source

Frances Addison | 
A novel artificial intelligence tool that can accurately call out variants in sequencing data was released as open source on the ...
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Should we ‘genetically modify’ humans to fit the demands of space travel?

Richard Hollingham | 
It takes something special to be an astronaut – an extraordinary combination of bravery, fitness, intelligence, lightning-fast decision-making and calmness ...
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How gene therapy could help fight methamphetamine addiction

Emily Mullin | 
Gene therapy, which modifies a person’s DNA, has long been thought of as a way to treat genetic diseases—and, more recently, ...
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Evidence ancient humans not ‘violent apes’ but distinctly compassionate

Penny Spikins | 
[Editor's note: Penny Spikins is an archaeologist who specializes in early prehistory and human origins.] Yes, there is evidence of interpersonal violence ...
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Fighting aging: Mutation found in Amish population adds 10 years to lifespan

Matthew Reynolds | 
New research now shows that some humans possess a genetic equivalent to [an anti-aging] drug. A small number of Amish people in ...
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Searching for extraterrestrial life: Finding the right communication technology

David Warmflash | 
Scientists are looking for evidence of extraterrestrial communication across interstellar space. But what if other intelligent life forms are using ...
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Should we populate other habitable worlds with life from Earth?

James Romero | 
Our galaxy may contain billions of habitable worlds that don’t host any life. Should we attempt to change that? Claudius ...
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Viewpoint: Ethical arguments against gene-edited embryos will crumble as technology advances

Michael White | 
[Editor's note: Michael White is a genetics professor at Washington University in St. Louis.] [S]cientists have developed an easy way to ...
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Can gene tweaking lower our cholesterol? Using CRISPR and nanotechnology in mice

Julie Steenhuysen | 
U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology plus the powerful CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool to turn off a key cholesterol-related gene in ...
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World Anti-Doping Agency says ‘no’ to gene editing in sports competitions

Michael Le Page | 
The battle between sports cheats and testers is poised to enter a whole new arena. The World Anti-Doping Agency has ...
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Viewpoint: There’s no reason to panic over human germline editing

Hank Greely | 
[Editor's note: Hank Greely is a professor of law and genetics at Stanford University.] Controversy has raged about editing human ...
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Ethical debates swirl around gene-editing decisions

Joselin Linder | 
[Editor's note: Joselin Linder is the author of the book "The Family Gene: A Mission to Turn My Deadly Inheritance ...
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The quest to make CRISPR gene editing as easy as a smartphone app

[Biohacker Josiah Zayner] lives and works in Oakland, California, where he's converted a house into a scientific lab. Here, he ...
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Microsoft’s foray into the quest to cure cancer

Tim Sandle | 
As Digital Journal has recently reported Microsoft has recently launched Healthcare NeXT, which is a cloud-based, artificial intelligence and research project ...
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Getting behind the genetics of high-altitude adjustments

Abby Olena | 
People who both travel to and live at high altitudes typically cope with lower oxygen levels by increasing red blood ...
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CRISPR at home: Is it really that easy to hack DNA?

Annie Sneed | 
I am not a DIY scientist, much less a professional scientist. You won’t find me swabbing my cheek cells for ...
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Video: Combating aging in our lifetime

Sophie Weiner | 
[A] new video from Kurzgesagt presents several technologies close to completion that could make a big impact on how we ...
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NASA Twins Study finds thousands of epigenetic changes in astronaut Scott Kelly

Rashmi Shivni | 
When astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after a year floating about the International Space Station, he was noticeably different from his ...
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Immortal dictators: Is there a downside to life-extending technologies?

Nicola Bagala | 
Suppose there was a country ruled by an evil dictator. Further, suppose the entire world was plagued by a terrible ...
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Could Alzheimer’s originate outside the brain?

Daniella Blot | 
We associate Alzheimer’s with physical deterioration in the brain, but new research shows the nerve damage responsible for Alzheimer’s onset ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Gattaca’ reminds us that gene editing has dark possibilities

Osagie Obasogie | 
[Editor's note: Osagie Obasogie is a professor of bioethics at the University of California-Berkeley.] Set in the not-too-distant future, the ...
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Mars missions: What would long-term space travel do to the brain?

Sharon Begley | 
In a NASA-funded study published on [November 1], Dr. Donna Roberts of the Medical University of South Carolina and her ...
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Creating a brain cell ‘periodic table’ from live tissue

Dave Ross | 
There are 86 billion neurons in the human brain and no two of them are exactly alike. If doctors and ...
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Universally shared biodata could create powerful ‘internet of living things’

Eleonore Pauwels | 
Imagine students in universities becoming the first “sequencing line of defense” by detecting bacteria resistant to antibiotics and educating their ...
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IQ debate: How much of intelligence is determined by genetics?

Robert Plomin | 
[Editor's note: Robert Plomin is deputy director of the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Center at King’s College London.] ...
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