Antonio Regalado
Biotechnology Writer at MIT Technology Review
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech @MIT @techreview
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1 week ago |
technologyreview.es | Antonio Regalado
La mayoría de los cerdos de EE UU están confinados en granjas industriales donde pueden verse afectados por un desagradable virus respiratorio que mata a los lechones. La enfermedad se denomina síndrome respiratorio y reproductivo porcino, o PRRS. Hace algunos años, una empresa británica llamada Genus se propuso crear cerdos inmunes a este virus mediante la edición genética con CRISPR.
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1 week ago |
heise.de | Antonio Regalado
Das PRRS-Virus (Porcines reproduktives und respiratorisches Syndrom) ist in der Schweinehaltung verheerend. Das Atemwegsvirus befällt Tiere in Massenbetrieben und tötet vor allem Ferkel, teils noch im Mutterleib, teils kommen sie zu früh zur Welt und haben dann Entwicklungsschwierigkeiten. Für die Landwirte ist es schwer, die Ansteckung weiterer Tiere einzudämmen. Die Krankheit bedeutet hohe finanzielle Einbußen. Daher wird bereits seit einigen Jahren nach einem wirksamen Gegenmittel gesucht.
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1 week ago |
mittechreview.com.br | Antonio Regalado
Empresas de tecnologia estão sempre testando novas formas de interação entre pessoas e computadores — basta lembrar de iniciativas como o Google Glass, o Apple Watch e a Alexa, da Amazon. Você provavelmente já usou pelo menos uma delas. Mas a opção mais radical foi testada por menos de 100 pessoas no mundo: aquelas que viveram por meses ou anos com interfaces cérebro-computador implantadas, conhecidas como BCIs (brain-computer interfaces).
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1 week ago |
technologyreview.com | Antonio Regalado
What’s certain is that the pig project was technically impressive and scientifically clever. Genus edited pig embryos to remove the receptor that the PRRS virus uses to enter cells. No receptor means no infection. According to Matt Culbertson, chief operating office of the Pig Improvement Company, a Genus subsidiary, the pigs appear entirely immune to more than 99% of the known versions of the PRRS virus, although there is one rare subtype that may break through the protection.
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3 weeks ago |
heise.de | Antonio Regalado
Das US-Biotechunternehmen Colossal Biosciences will mit dem Wollhaarmammut nicht nur ein ausgestorbenes Großtier auf den Planeten zurückbringen, sondern es auch gleich patentieren lassen. Wie die US-Ausgabe von MIT Technology Review recherchiert hat, möchte das texanische Start-up die "Erfindung" beim US-Patent- und Markenamt anmelden, um die exklusiven Rechte zur Herstellung und zum Verkauf von gen-editierten Elefanten mit Mammut-DNA zu erhalten.
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Smith was posting from a Musk implant, with the help of Musk's AI, on a Musk media platform and in reply to a Musk fanboy, if not actually the “alt” of the richest person in the world. So it’s fair to ask: Where does Smith end and Musk’s ecosystem begin? https://t.co/j0Q1fCY6kM
Ouch. One of the original founders of 23andMe advises public to delete accounts, given lack of "reputable" bidders for the failing company and its data.
Based on what I’m hearing on the bids for 23andMe, I think it makes most sense for customers to download their data first, then delete their accounts. Some of the more reputable bidders are deciding to drop out, given all the challenges 23andMe faces. In the future, there may be
Trum executive order banning US funding of gain-of-function virus research overseas. Seems to open the door to a general ban on certain research w/ fed funds. Private funding loophole? https://t.co/38RBQ6uOi9
'There's no laboratory that does this right, there's no laboratory that’s immune from leaks,' Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said. 'This is going to prevent these kind of inadvertent leaks from happening in the future and endangering humanity.'" https://t.co/ZQv1oef7Xh?
