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Thanks to DALL-E, the Race to Make Artificial Protein Drugs Is On
Designing proteins is just the first step. The next is translating these digital designs into actual proteins and seeing how they work in cells. → Read More
Our Conscious Experience of the World Is But a Memory, Says New Theory
Viewing consciousness through the lens of a memory system could provide new clues to brain disorders like epilepsy and dementia. → Read More
Scientists Have Long Dreamed of a Memory Prosthesis. The First Human Trials Look Promising
The central idea is simple: replicate the hippocampus’ signals with a digital replacement. It’s no easy task. → Read More
Protein-Designing AI Opens Door to Medicines Humans Couldn't Dream Up
The algorithm is deep learning’s first foray into building proteins around their functions, opening a door to previously unimaginable treatments. → Read More
Scientists Cloned Mice From Freeze-Dried Skin Cells, Opening the Door to Biopreservation
The strategy carves a path towards the bigger picture: an ability to store and potentially revive genetic variations of near-extinct species. → Read More
Metasurfaces Open the Door to Telekinesis and Telepathy With Technology
The study used a brainwave signal called P300 to control information metasurface, which can code 0s and 1s like an electronic circuit board. → Read More
These 3D Printed Millirobots Can Sense and React to Their Surroundings
One robot expertly navigated around roadblocks in real time as a human sequentially dropped down barriers based on ultrasound feedback. → Read More
Scientists Used CRISPR to Trace Every Human Gene to Its Function
Changing gene expression in over 2.5 million human cells, the technology comprehensively mapped how genetic perturbations alter the cell. → Read More
Quantum Chip Takes Microseconds to Do a Task a Supercomputer Would Spend 9,000 Years On
The trick was to introduce loops of optical fibers to delay photons so they can interfere at specific spots important for quantum computation. → Read More
New CRISPR Tool Protects Against Viruses Without Making Any DNA Cuts
The study shows that chopping up viral DNA isn’t the only route for antiviral defense, at least in bacteria cells. → Read More
What's Your Biological Age? A New 'Aging Clock' Has the Answer
The clock used a simple statistical model, which looked at a certain type of epigenetic modification at just two target sites on DNA. → Read More
A One-and-Done CRISPR Gene Therapy Will Aim to Prevent Heart Attacks
Scientists know the DNA letter swap that can, in theory, drastically lower LDL-C and in turn throttle the risk of heart attacks. → Read More
A Virus Just Wiped Out Antibiotic-Resistant Infection in an Immunocompromised Patient
An experimental therapy used bacteriophages—giant viruses that are natural-born killers of bacteria—to wipe out antibiotic-resistant bugs. → Read More
The Brain Has a Built-in System to Keep Unwanted Memories Out, Study Finds
The entire process happens below our consciousness, suppressing unwanted memories so that they never surface to awareness. → Read More
Largest Genetic Study to Date Unveils DNA Profiles That Lead to Cancer
The dataset captured unique genetic “fingerprints” of common types of cancer, but also rare individual mutations based on a person’s history. → Read More
Brain Implant Allows Locked-In Man to Translate Thoughts Into Written Sentences
The team used neurofeedback, a method that allows someone to modify their brain signals with real-time feedback on whether they’ve succeeded. → Read More
First Controlled Human Trial Shows Cutting Calories Improves Health, Longevity
Cutting calories by a mere 14 percent for 2 years—about one less muffin per day—conferred multiple health benefits known to combat aging. → Read More
The Dog Aging Project Will Study Longevity in 60,000 Pups
The Dog Aging Project is recruiting dogs from across the country, aiming for a variety of breeds, ages, and environments. → Read More
Psychedelics Without the Trip Could Be 'Healing Magic' for Mental Health
If validated in humans, drugs like synthetic LSD could provide an entirely new treatment regime for the mental troubles that haunt millions. → Read More
After First Pig-to-Human Heart Transplant, Scientists Aim to Make It Routine
The heart had 10 genetic edits made to it to decrease immune response and bolster the chance of the human host accepting the heart. → Read More