The thing about CRISPR is that you have to get the gene-editing payload into the cells you’re targeting, and (because of the body’s entirely appropriate defences against just such a thing happening), that’s hard.
This could be a step towards a solution.
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CRISPR Can Now Hitch a Ride on Nanoparticles to Battle Disease http://suhub.co/2B2Noip
This is just bristling with stories.
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Scientists Call Out Ethical Concerns for the Future of Neurotechnology http://suhub.co/2mPJjMo
Pair this with the one I posted the other day about synthetic street drugs, and imagine a botnet…
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Drug Discovery AI to Scour a Universe of Molecules for Wonder Drugs
We can but hope.
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The imagination age is a theoretical period beyond the information age where creativity and imagination will become the primary creators of economic value. Do you think it has merit?
Via +Dan Thompson.
Originally shared by John Verdon
I suspect we’ll see orbital space colonies in hollowed-out asteroids before we see a Mars colony. But I could well be wrong.
Originally shared by Keith Wilson
https://www.google.com/amp/s/futurism.com/humans-shouldnt-colonize-mars-experts/amp/
Do you want supervillains, Josiah?
Because this is how you get supervillains.
The future is looking kind of Chinese.
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China Is an Entrepreneurial Hotbed That Cannot Be Ignored http://suhub.co/2is1Sl6
This is a lovely shift of perspective and empowerment.
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Nurse as Maker: Democratizing Medical Innovation Starts Here http://suhub.co/2yJlCXu
A lot of innovation is coming out of city governments, rather than regional or national governments. A city is large enough to do big projects, but small enough that it’s easy to see the problem and the impact of the solution.
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How ‘Humanomics’ Is Giving Cities With Vision the Tools to Realize It http://suhub.co/2zXdPtI