Month: September 2022

GEORGE CHURCH ON CRISPR, growing “human "organoids" or small clumps of human organ tissue in the lab, and use Crispr to give them genetic faults that cause disease. "This is a really big moment, because if you think something has a genetic component, you can prove it with Crispr, and then improve it with Crispr, or other therapies." https://lnkd.in/dvsfRzb View in LinkedIn

LAWS FOR EDITED FETUSES. https://lnkd.in/dSFNpHw View in LinkedIn

HUMAN USE. "Last year, researchers in China shocked the world (and alarmed many in the scientific community) by modifying the DNA of human embryos. Now, as reported in Nature News, a research team led by Yong Fan at Guangzhou Medical University has used CRISPR, a powerful gene editing tool, to introduce HIV-resistance into the embryos." https://lnkd.in/dG3viYq View in LinkedIn

IP CONTEST. “The CRISPR–Cas9 system is at the centre of a patent row.“ https://lnkd.in/dvzwegh View in LinkedIn

DEATH AND IMMORTALITY from a biological perspective have been the subject of extensive postings on this blog. The only way, in my opinion, to get a handle on both interesting and third rail subjects, is to examine the biological record, and try to understand it in the context of nature first. We tiptoe towards the issue of immortality. View in LinkedIn

THE PREAMBLE IS OVER. We have looked at prions, mobile genetic elements, viruses, and more. And then we looked at computer code viruses, artificial life forms, and more. And then we looked at the brain-machine interface. And now we are at the edge of machine intelligence and the marriage of man, technology and machine. The Trojan Horse has arrived. As Samuel Taylor Coleridge advised, "suspend your disbelief", and invite it in with an open mind. The future is about to arrive. View in LinkedIn

AUGMENTATION. "Improving perceptual capabilities, biohybrid systems, exoskeletons, and metabolic enhancement can be considered for human performance augmentation. Medical implants for sensory replacement, including multiple sensory modalities for visually and hearing impaired persons, and direct brain-machine interfaces are real possibilities." https://lnkd.in/d8zQAx9 View in LinkedIn

"REVERSE ENGINEERING of the human brain may be accomplished in the next two decades that would allow for better understanding of its functions." https://lnkd.in/d8zQAx9 View in LinkedIn

ALARMING OR EXCITING? "The profound changes of the next two decades may be nothing compared to the utter transformation that may take place in the remainder of the twenty-first century." (Your own Rorshack Test) https://lnkd.in/d8zQAx9 View in LinkedIn