Walk me through your own decision to do this—to use Orchid’s technology on yourself. I mean, I started the company because I wanted to test my own embryos. Because of your mom, or because of who you are as a person? Both. Reproduction is one of the most fundamental things in life. It’s like you …
This photograph of a live Javan tiger was taken in 1938 in Ujung Kulon, at the western tip of Java Island, and published in Andries Hoogerwerf’s “Ujung Kulon The Land of the last Javan Rhinoceros.” credit – Andries Hoogerwerf via Wikimedia Commons Ripi Yanuar Fajar and his four friends say they’ll never forget the evening …
And of course there are other priorities: infectious disease, pandemic control, global health, prevention of childhood diseases. If you ask Bill Gates, he’d have a whole different set of priorities. You could argue that those would actually improve average longevity far more than anti-ageing research, by reducing infant mortality and infectious disease and so on. …
Scientists say they are closer than ever to reviving the woolly mammoth (via The Washington Post). Colossal Biosciences has been working on its project to revive the mammoth. The company shared its hopes to resurrect the mammoth within four years back at the start of 2023, and now it has created important stem cells that …
Reports from New Scientist suggest gene-edited meat could make an appearance at your local supermarket soon. The report says that a company called Genus is preparing the commercial launch of a batch of gene-edited pigs that have been modified to be immune to disease. If the launch is approved, we could see genetically modified pork …
Kidney diseases can also be genetically passed down to you. Experts have often found uncontrolled diabetes to be one of the major causes of kidney failure. One of the most important organs in the body is the kidneys. These bean-shaped organs help flush out toxins like urea, uric acid and body fluids. The kidney is …
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While digging a trench for the renovation of a local performing arts center in 2013, construction workers in Charleston, South Carolina, made a startling discovery: human bones. The crew called the police and coroner’s office, unaware they had stumbled upon a late-18th-century burial ground. The site’s location—along with the coins, ceramics and beads that had …
So far, only nine centers across the US are currently offering Casgevy, which may limit who gets access to it. Vertex says the number of participating sites will grow in the coming weeks and months. And despite the promise of a pain-free future, the grueling process of getting Casgevy may be a deterrent for some. …
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Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine Neanderthals are Homo sapiens’s closest-known relative, and today we know we rubbed shoulders with them for thousands of years, up until the very end of their long reign some 40,000 years ago. Most researchers see no reason to believe our two species didn’t get along with each other back then, yet …
For other illnesses like bacterial infections, the old-fashioned “scattershot” method of throwing antibiotics at the problem has proven to be not just ineffective, but also actively harmful; overuse of antibiotics has led to the growth of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that are increasingly difficult to combat. Ensuring that a patient receives exactly the treatment they need is …