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Post by avordvet on May 31, 2017 4:45:32 GMT -5
Researchers test self-destructing moth pest in cabbage patchBy MARY ESCH, May 29, 1:17 PM EDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Researchers in a New York cabbage patch are planning the first release on American soil of insects genetically engineered to die before they can reproduce. It's a pesticide-free attempt to control invasive diamondback moths, a voracious consumer of cabbage, broccoli and other cruciferous crops that's notorious for its ability to shrug off every new poison in the agricultural arsenal. "It costs $4-5 billion a year globally to manage this pest," said Anthony Shelton, a Cornell University researcher who's been studying the species for 40 years. "If you can manage it without using insecticides that can affect pollinators and other non-target organisms, that's a real advantage." hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GENE_ALTERED_MOTHS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-05-29-09-57-09
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Post by avordvet on Jun 6, 2017 4:59:44 GMT -5
What could possibly go wrong... Could we soon REVERSE death? US company to start trials 'reawakening the dead' in Latin America 'in a few months' - and this is how they'll do itBy Mia De Graaf, Published: 12:08 EDT, 5 June 2017 | Updated: 12:34 EDT, 5 June 2017 The first attempts to bring people back from the dead are slated to start this year. Bioquark, a Philadelphia-based company, announced in late 2016 that they believe brain death is not 'irreversible'. And now, CEO Ira Pastor has revealed they will soon be testing an unprecedented stem cell method on patients in an unidentified country in Latin America, confirming the details in the next few months. To be declared officially dead in the majority of countries, you have to experience complete and irreversible loss of brain function, or 'brain death'. According to Pastor, Bioquark has developed a series of injections that can reboot the brain - and they plan to try it out on humans this year. They have no plans to test on animals first. www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4573914/US-firm-try-reawakening-dead-Latin-America.html
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Post by avordvet on Jul 20, 2017 4:15:10 GMT -5
Debug Fresno, our first U.S. field studyFriday, July 14, 2017 Last October, we announced the Debug Project, an initiative at Verily to reduce the devastating global health impact that disease-carrying mosquitoes inflict on people around the world. Today, I’m happy to announce the launch of Debug Fresno, our first field study in the U.S. to test a potential mosquito control method using sterile insect technique in collaboration with MosquitoMate and Fresno County’s Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District (CMAD). blog.verily.com/2017/07/debug-fresno-our-first-us-field-study.html
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Post by avordvet on Dec 21, 2017 5:52:22 GMT -5
A Federal Ban on Making Lethal Viruses Is LiftedBy DONALD G. McNEIL Jr., DEC. 19, 2017 Federal officials on Tuesday ended a moratorium imposed three years ago on funding research that alters germs to make them more lethal. Such work can now proceed, said Dr. Francis S. Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, but only if a scientific panel decides that the benefits justify the risks. Some scientists are eager to pursue these studies because they may show, for example, how a bird flu could mutate to more easily infect humans, or could yield clues to making a better vaccine. Critics say these researchers risk creating a monster germ that could escape the lab and seed a pandemic. www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/health/lethal-viruses-nih.html
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