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Feb 2, 2019

This Smart Pill Grows 100 Times Bigger Once It’s in Your Stomach

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It expands in just 15 minutes.

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Feb 1, 2019

Bringing artificial limbs to patients who need them

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Johnny Matheny demonstrates how a modular prosthetic limb works during DARPA Demo Day 2016 at the Pentagon, May 11, 2016. Matheny is a test subject with the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab8.

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Feb 1, 2019

This bacteria-fighting protein also induces sleep

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A bacteria-fighting protein also lulls fruit flies to sleep, suggesting links between sleep and the immune system.

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Feb 1, 2019

New U.S. Experiments Aim To Create Gene-Edited Human Embryos

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CRISPR And Human Embryo Experiments Underway In The U.S. : Shots — Health News Despite outrage over gene editing in China that affected the birth of twins, research is underway in the U.S. to assess the safety and effectiveness of CRISPR tools to edit genes in human embryos.

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Feb 1, 2019

When Is the Surgeon Too Old to Operate?

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A handful of hospitals have instituted mandatory screening procedures for medical professionals over 70. Many have been unenthusiastic about the idea.

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Feb 1, 2019

Exploring the dark side of the genome

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, supercomputing

Dr. Rico explained: “When we compare human genomes from different people, we see that they are way more different than we initially expected when the Human Genome Project was declared to be ”completed” in 2003. One of the main contributions to these differences are the so called Copy Number Variable (CNV) regions. CNV regions are in different copy number depending on each individual, and their variability can be greater in some human populations than others. The number of copies of CNV regions can contribute to both normal phenotypic variability in the populations and susceptibility to certain diseases.


Research has shown a direct relationship between mutations in introns and variability in human populations.

One of the greatest challenges of genomics is to reveal what role the ”dark side” of the human genome plays: those regions where it has not yet been possible to find specific functions. The role that introns play within that immense part of the genome is especially mysterious. The introns, which represent almost half the size of the human genome, are constitutive parts of genes that alternate with regions that code for proteins, called exons.

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Feb 1, 2019

This tech is making brain surgery safer

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Feb 1, 2019

Healbot-T Rehabilitation Robot

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Robots are being used in plenty of medical facilities to help patients recover faster. The Healbot-T Rehabilitation Robot is a treadmill type walking assist robot for stroke patients. It has 14 degrees of freedom to support natural walking motion.

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Feb 1, 2019

At-home DNA testing company gives the FBI access to its database

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Family Tree DNA has agreed to team up with the FBI, but it says feds won’t be able to see more information than any other user can.

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Jan 31, 2019

Smart building materials to watch in 2019

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, habitats

Smart building materials are altering the fabric of the housebuilding industry. Housebuilders are already looking ahead to the days when homes will fix themselves, serve their residents and tell us how we can build them better.

SMART CONCRETE

While housebuilders gaze into the future, researchers have been turning to the past for inspiration. Over the last few years, the DNA of concrete has been decoded and rewritten by scientists to make the material that built the Roman Empire fit for the future.

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