“Scientists achieved this effect by changing each animal’s ‘epigenome’, one feature of which is a collection of chemical tags that are bound to DNA and affect gene activity. After the treatment, activity of the targeted gene dropped and remained low […]
A win for machine learning algorithms. The article does quote a critic who says this is not yet good enough to be a legit test. “The proteins were able to predict all-cause dementia as well as particular types, including Alzheimer’s […]
Some of you may remember that I’m a big fan of the idea of direct air capture. “The material could slash the energy costs associated with so-called direct air capture systems, which conventionally rely on energy-intensive temperature or pressure shifts […]
Researchers from Illinois did, and then they created it. The first mass-market insulin came from livestock. Nowadays it’s largely made by bacteria in reactors. Maybe (long shot) things will go full circle back to livestock? “An unassuming brown bovine from […]
“For the high-experience musicians, the high-flow state was associated with increased activity in auditory and visual areas and reduced activity in key parts of the default-mode network. This suggested that the default-mode network wasn’t contributing much to flow-related idea generation. […]
Our bodies produce keratin, and it’s already added to shampoos to strengthen hair. When researchers encapsulated it in microspheres, good things happened. “In the keratin microsphere-treated group, hair regrowth commenced on the second day after treatment, with the growth rate […]
So much potential! “An alternative to genome editing can reduce the activity of a gene that affects cholesterol levels without changing the DNA sequence — and does so for an extended period, according to a study in mice.” ~ learn more
“The NIH study will involve 10,000 participants in total, some of whom are signing up for intense measures, like monitors that follow them and make sure they don’t eat smuggled food, or special eyeglass attachments to record what they eat.” ~ learn […]
The study, which is also available as a Netflix docuseries, compares results of identical twins assigned either vegan or omnivore diets at random. Attia writes: “While the attempt at controlling for genetics may be admirable, it is at odds with the rest […]
“But for many people, phages aren’t some miraculous elixir. In 2022, researchers published the largest series of case studies of phage therapy for antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections yet. Of the 20 people treated with phages, most with infections related to cystic […]