Daniela Hernandez
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Are you an expert or novice? Brain scans can tell the difference
To gain new insight into how highly specialized workers learn skills or react to stressful situations, researchers are leveraging advanced ...
New gene-edited tomatoes stay firm longer, extending shelf life
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an attempt to ...
A Facebook for sharing your genetic information?
Three years ago, biologist Bastian Greshake spit in a vial and sent it off to personal genomics company 23andMe for ...
IBM chip mimics brain, marks advancement in artificial intelligence
The human brain is the world's most sophisticated computer capable of learning new things on the fly, using very little ...
Cloud-based genomics: Will the Internet create GM super-oranges?
Farmers are hacking their operations with robots, sensors, drones, and good-old circuit boards, but that’s merely a first step. Thanks ...
Gene patents are sabotaging the future of medicine
The following is an excerpt. The business of DNA is undergoing a revolution. We can already get our genes scanned for ...
The era of genetics-based advertising is coming
The following is an excerpt. If you thought personalised advertising based on your Facebook status updates, Gmail content or online ...
Get ready for a genetics-based marketplace
A new platform will help consumers control what offers they get from retailers based on their genetic makeup ...
DNA number-crunchers use homegrown software
The following is an edited excerpt. Today, multiple startups — including DNAnexus and Spiral Genetics — are taking the genomics ...
Craig Venter’s vision to print life, generate vaccines
Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine and inject it at home, contagion averted ...