A patent by Ido Bachelet and his team for a system acting as logic gates and systems exhibiting quorum sensing. The systems comprise at least one effector nucleic acid origami device, at least one regulator nucleic acid origami device, at least one input and at least one output. The nucleic acid origami devices are non-immunogenic …
Ido Bachelet, Shawn Douglas and George Church filed a patent in 2011 for DNA origami devices useful in the targeted delivery of biologically active entities to specific cell populations. This is the patent for the DNA nanorobot for molecular precise delivery of treatments to cells. This has been covered several times by Nextbigfuture Their DNA …
Sergio Canavero plans to transplant a human’s head onto a donor body. He says that the procedure will be ready before the end of 2017 and could eventually become a way of treating complete paralysis. The team behind the work has published videos and images showing a monkey with a transplanted head, as well as …
Chinese premier Li Keqiang said the country needed annual growth of at least 6.53 per cent in the next five years to meet the government’s goal of establishing a “moderately prosperous society”. China would aim for “medium-high economic growth” (6-7 per cent) over the next five years. Consistent with the comprehensive reform package unveiled at …
The world’s first head transplant patient has scheduled the procedure for December 2017. Valery Spiridonov, 30, was diagnosed with a genetic muscle-wasting condition called Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, and volunteered for the procedure despite the risks involved. Nextbigfuture has covered the proposed full human body [aka human head transplant] transplant procedure several times. The background information and …
China’s Academy of Social Sciences released a report “Economic Blue Book: 2015 Analysis and Forecast of China’s economic situation.” They believe that China’s current total fertility rate is 1.4, which well below the generational replacement level of 2.1, has been very close to the internationally recognized “low fertility trap 1.3 “as soon as possible from …
Harvard Biodesign Lab is developing next generation soft wearable robots that use innovative textiles to provide a more conformal, unobtrusive and compliant means to interface to the human body. These robots will augment the capabilities of healthy individuals (e.g. improved walking efficiency) in addition to assisting those with muscle weakness or patients who suffer from …
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has made the first steps towards development of bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation They had used decellularization technique to regenerate kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs from animal models, but this is the first reported use to engineer the more complex tissues of a bioartificial limb. They …
Pfizer is cooperating with the DNA robot laboratory managed by Prof. Ido Bachelet at Bar-Ilan University. Bachelet has developed a method of producing innovative DNA molecules with characteristics that can be used to “program” them to reach specific locations in the body and carry out pre-programmed operations there in response to stimulation from the body. …
Valery Spiridinov has volunteered to be the first head (aka full body transplant) transplant patient. Valery has a rare genetic Werdnig-Hoffman disease, which gradually wastes away muscles — says that he is willing to undergo the risky procedure to give himself a chance at living in a healthy body. Sergio Canavero is the surgeon who …
Valery Spiridinov has volunteered to be the first head (aka full body transplant) transplant patient. Valery has a rare genetic Werdnig-Hoffman disease, which gradually wastes away muscles — says that he is willing to undergo the risky procedure to give himself a chance at living in a healthy body. Sergio Canavero is the surgeon who …