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GMO Impossible beef hits 1,000 new grocery stores as plant-based meat demand surges
Starting [April 17], 777 supermarkets in California, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Nevada [began] stocking the Impossible Foods plant-based meat substitute ...
These 12 guidelines could protect us from threats from artificial intelligence
After months of work, a set of guidelines designed to protect humanity from a range of threats posed by artificial ...
Creating a safer CRISPR by targeting RNA instead of DNA
Researchers at the prestigious Salk Institute are reporting that they have managed to map the molecular structure of a CRISPR enzyme that could ...
Boosting speed, efficiency of MRI scans with machine learning
Magnetic resonance imaging is an invaluable tool in the medical field, but it’s also a slow and cumbersome process. It ...
Synthego’s pre-edited genetic material makes CRISPR research faster and easier
Synthego, a provider of gene editing services for genomics research and experimentation, has launched a new suite of products that ...
Video: Watch CRISPR’s cutting skills in action
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technique is an important concept to know about in these days of biotech advances, but it can be pretty ...
Whole genome sequencing fuels DNA ‘intelligence revolution’
We’ve entered a new phase in the history of whole genome sequencing (WGS). Consider that researchers at University of Toronto ...
CRISPR’s promise: Balancing the benefits and risks of human gene editing
[W]hat if I told you [that a genetic mutation for cancer], passed down from generation to generation, can be snipped ...
Is biotechnology changing how humans evolve?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 4 billion years of ...
High tech agriculture and Big Data could yield farm bonanza
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the second millennium, ...
Do memes mutate and adapt like DNA? Yes, say Facebook data scientists
According to new research from Facebook data scientists, internet memes adapt to their surroundings in order to survive, just like ...
