Palantir’s Reputation Stalks Its Bid for the UK’s National Health Data
These comments were made by Thiel in a private capacity, says Palantir’s McArdle. “Our CEO has made it clear he disagrees with them and that he wishes ‘we had a …
Medicine
Everything You Need to Know About Getting Your Genome Sequenced
In comparison, whole-genome sequencing determines every single base pair of DNA, and is much more expensive as a result. If you printed out all 6.4 billion letters of your whole …
The Gruesome Story of How Neuralink’s Monkeys Actually Died
UC Davis veterinary records cited by the Physicians Committee—which WIRED also obtained through a subsequent California public records request—chronicle a battery of complications that developed following procedures involving electrodes being …
Everything We Know About Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial
Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink has announced it is one step closer to putting brain implants in people. Today, the company stated that it will begin recruiting patients with …
DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases
About 10 years ago, Žiga Avsec was a PhD physics student who found himself taking a crash course in genomics via a university module on machine learning. He was soon …
High Blood Pressure Is the World’s Biggest Killer. Now There’s a Plan to Tackle It
The World Health Organization (WHO) is taking on the world’s worst killer, laying out its first plan to conquer hypertension—a level of high blood pressure that affects one in every …
Crispr Pioneer Jennifer Doudna Has the Guts to Take On the Microbiome
OK, you’ve lost me. What do you mean by “bring in a molecule”? It literally just means allowing a molecule into a cell. And if that molecule is a gene …
Japan to begin COVID vaccine drive targeting XBB subvariant
A fresh COVID-19 inoculation drive is set to begin across Japan on Wednesday. The vaccine, which will be available to everyone for free, targets XBB.1.5 — a spinoff of the …
Urgent warning for pet owners over common household plants
Australian pet owners are being warned over a common but little-known household danger. The RSPCA warns a list of popular household plants can be toxic to dogs. While flowers and …
Scientists Just Tried Growing Human Kidneys in Pigs
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In a first, researchers in China have used pigs to grow early-stage kidneys made up of mostly human cells. The advance is a step closer to producing organs in animals …