October 22, 2019 |
Brian Wang |
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and MIT have developed a new method that combines large-scale pooled genetic screens with image-based analysis of cellular behavior. The approach, called optical pooled screens, allows researchers to examine how genes …
October 22, 2019 |
Brian Wang |
A new type of gene editing enables more precise editing than CRISPR. Prime editing combines two key proteins and a new RNA to make targeted insertions, deletions, and all possible single-letter changes in the DNA of human cells. Prime Editing …
October 2, 2019 |
Brian Wang |
A bioengineered soft cap emitting electromagnetic waves has reversed memory impairment of Alzheimer’s patients (AD). This is a patient wearing MemorEM. CREDIT NeuroEM Therapeutics, Inc. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is disease of brain aging that causes progressive, severe memory loss. There …
September 28, 2019 |
Brian Wang |
Nextbigfuture interviewed Tony Seba of RethinkX on their latest analysis of emerging global technology disruption. The new emerging technology is combining synthetic biology was fermentation to transform agriculture and many aspects of industry. In 2017, RethinkX and Tony Seba put …
September 6, 2019 |
Brian Wang |
A small clinical study in California has suggested for the first time that it might be possible to reverse the body’s epigenetic clock, which measures a person’s biological age. The antiaging trial included two widely used anti-diabetic drugs, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) …
