Sex and the brain: AI can distinguish between male and female brain MRIs with 90% accuracy

Sex and the brain: AI can distinguish between male and female brain MRIs with 90% accuracy

Stanford Medicine investigators reported on their development of an artificial intelligence model 90% successful at determining sex MRI scans ...
Japanese patients wait an average of 15 years for a kidney transplant. Xenotransplantation to create pig-grown organs could dramatically enhance suppy

Japanese patients wait average of 15 years for a kidney transplant. Xenotransplantation to create pig-grown organs could dramatically enhance supply

eGenesis and PorMedTec plan to jointly advance the development of genetically engineered organs in Japan to address the massive unmet ...
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Disease-free pigs: CRISPR gene-edited animals in development resist virus that has decimated pork farms for decades

CRISPR-based genome editing has already been successfully applied to sickle cell disease and additional companies are working on developing their ...
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Beverages, meats, fruits and vegetables: CRISPR poised to offer more sustainable alternatives

Although vegetarian and vegan diets have risen in popularity over the years, humankind’s appetite for meat is still insatiable. By ...
First person to receive genetically-modified pig heart transplant died two months later. What have we learned from this experiment?

First person to receive genetically-modified pig heart transplant died two months later. What have we learned from this experiment?

[T]he eventual heart failure in the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-modified pig heart into a human patient ...
Latest CRISPR food innovation: South Korea develops tomato with enhanced levels of provitamin D3. Will it go to market?

Latest CRISPR food innovation: South Korea develops tomato with enhanced levels of provitamin D3. Will it go to market?

In a new report published in GEN Biotechnology (the sister journal to GEN), researchers from Seoul National University (SNU) in South Korea have applied CRISPR ...
What are the commercial and regulatory challenges facing CRISPR gene-edited crops?

What are the commercial and regulatory challenges facing CRISPR gene-edited crops?

When you use CRISPR gene editing on crop plants, you can do “some pretty cool things,” says Timothy Kelliher, PhD, head of ...
Next generation climate-sensitive agriculture: Slew of CRISPR crops are in development that limit buildup of carbon in the atmosphere

Next generation climate-sensitive agriculture: Slew of CRISPR crops are in development that limit buildup of carbon in the atmosphere

There is a push to use CRISPR to make agricultural technologies that pull carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air and store ...
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American Society of Human Genetics report: Despite small gains in recent years, researchers are overwhelmingly white and homogeneous

The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) report examines diversity in the human genetics and genomics workforce ...
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Q&A on the future of versatile mRNA-based vaccine development

Robert Langer, ScD, is the David H. Koch Institute professor at MIT and a co-founder of Moderna, the pharmaceutical company ...
CRISPR is 10: A decade of gene editing refinements presents new ways to address agricultural diseases thought to be incurable

CRISPR is 10: A decade of gene editing refinements presents new ways to address agricultural diseases thought to be incurable

Because CRISPR applications promise so many benefits, we are impatient to see them realized. Indeed, we may complain that the ...
How a new regulatory structure for biotechnology-tweaked crops might work — and why it’s desperately needed

How a new regulatory structure for biotechnology-tweaked crops might work — and why it’s desperately needed

Current approaches for triggering safety testing of genetically engineered (GE) crops vary substantially among countries and generally lack scientific merit, ...
Moving from off-the-shelf cancer vaccines to shots personalized to your genetic makeup

Moving from off-the-shelf cancer vaccines to shots personalized to your genetic makeup

In recent years, we have seen great advances in disease diagnosis through biomarkers and, increasingly, gene sequencing ...
CRISPR gene-edited rice could help soil bacteria produce nitrogen fertilizer. Here’s how it works

CRISPR gene-edited rice could help soil bacteria produce nitrogen fertilizer. Here’s how it works

Researchers have used CRISPR to engineer rice that encourages soil bacteria to fix nitrogen, which is required for their growth ...
30 years younger? How scientists are getting human cells to ‘time-jump'

30 years younger? How scientists are getting human cells to ‘time-jump’

Scientists at the Babraham Institute have developed a method to “time jump” human skin cells by 30 years, turning back ...
Why biotechnology will be critical in preparing for the next health crisis

Why biotechnology will be critical in preparing for the next health crisis

By acknowledging what we did right, leaning into our humanity, and utilizing the tools we have at our disposal to ...
Synthetic biology innovations that rewire human cells poised to tackle complex diseases

Synthetic biology innovations that rewire human cells poised to tackle complex diseases

Let’s recognize that synthetic biology can make the impossible happen in many areas besides food production. For example, synthetic biology ...
Can paralysis be cured? Injectable cell therapy helps mice regain the ability to walk

Can paralysis be cured? Injectable cell therapy helps mice regain the ability to walk

A new injectable therapy harnesses “dancing molecules” to reverse paralysis and repair tissue after severe spinal cord injuries. When just ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing can transform crop and animal agriculture — but we need to encourage competition and prioritize ‘ethical innovation’ to realize gains

Viewpoint: Gene editing can transform crop and animal agriculture — but we need to encourage competition and prioritize ‘ethical innovation’ to realize gains

[W]hile gene editing has had the potential to reduce inputs, improve nutrition, and “climate proof” our food supply, little has ...
CRISPR gene editing poised to address myriad agriculture-related climate change challenges

CRISPR gene editing poised to address myriad agriculture-related climate change challenges

Many industries and fields of science are investigating innovative technologies to mitigate the effects of climate change—effects that are already ...
Novel artificial intelligence (AI) as good as physicians at reading ultrasound images and detecting breast cancer

Novel artificial intelligence (AI) as good as physicians at reading ultrasound images and detecting breast cancer

Doctors often use ultrasound, mammograms, MRI, or biopsy to find or diagnose breast cancer. In a new study, researchers from ...
‘A gene called jealousy’: The growing pains of the biotechnology revolution

‘A gene called jealousy’: The growing pains of the biotechnology revolution

If there was one word I would use to describe the atmosphere in the early biotech days, it would be ...
How intermittent fasting can control weight and extend your life

How intermittent fasting can control weight and extend your life

Unlike many trendy diets, intermittent fasting appears to deliver real benefits—provided dieters can stick to the schedule, which usually restricts ...
How artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent the next coronavirus from jumping from animals to humans

How artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent the next coronavirus from jumping from animals to humans

New research by scientists at the University of Glasgow suggests that machine learning (ML) models developed using viral genomes can ...
East African research finds key facial features are common across diverse populations

East African research finds key facial features are common across diverse populations

A new study published in PLOS Genetics compares genomic factors underlying facial features in East Africans and Europeans to reveal ...
Why are children less susceptible to severe COVID?

Why are children less susceptible to severe COVID?

Children have had a reduced risk not only of developing severe COVID-19 but also of being infected by SARS-CoV-2 in ...
‘Would you wear clothing, shoelaces or a belt made of muscle fibers?’ Microbe-made synthetic proteins might be stronger than Kevlar

‘Would you wear clothing, shoelaces or a belt made of muscle fibers?’ Microbe-made synthetic proteins might be stronger than Kevlar

Would you wear clothing or, say, shoelaces or a belt made of muscle fibers? What if those fibers could endure ...
Sex or food? When deprived of both, dinner wins out — at least for fruit flies

Sex or food? When deprived of both, dinner wins out — at least for fruit flies

Animals make behavioral choices every day. But how do they prioritize one need over another—especially when those choices are both ...
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