“If you try to change what is meaningful that has a different set of values or ethics, that’s treated as rebellion or trouble-making rather than a hygienic sense of innovation.” - The Manual of Design Fiction

Mhm. Why #AI is seen as "innovation" because it doesn't challenge the values of capitalism, rather it accelerates it. But #solarpunk is rebellion or (good) trouble because it says "Sure, let's use tech, but #biotech and #upcycling and anything that builds a more #sustainable world."

Wired: Scientists Just Tried Growing Human Kidneys in Pigs https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-just-tried-growing-human-kidneys-in-pigs/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #Science/Biotech #BuildingBlocks #stemcells #bioethics #medicine #Science #biotech #Biology #health

APHIS, part of the USDA, gave the green light to Light Bio for its glowing petunia plants:

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/stakeholder-info/sa_by_date/sa-2023/rsr-light-bio-petunia

#biotech #livingtech #synbio

Retinitis pigmentosa oder Herzschwäche könnten bald per #Gentherapie behandelt werden. Jedenfalls optimieren die #Biotech-Firmen ViGeneron und AaviGen gerade genau dafür Adeno-assoziierte #Viren als Vektoren …

Kathleen Gransalke berichtet mehr: 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/2831.php

Good news, not a year to early either.

WHO to offer COVID-19 tools to ‘everyone, everywhere’ https://interestingengineering.com/health/who-to-offer-covid-19-tools-to-everyone-everywhere

#biotech #covid #vaccine #medicine

Really promising. Now please do humans..

Stem cell breakthrough cures Gorilla's arthritis in a first https://interestingengineering.com/culture/stem-cell-breakthrough-cures-gorillas-arthritis-in-a-first

#medicine #molbio #biotech

A #biotech company says it put #dopamine-making cells into human #brains
The experiment to treat #Parkinson’s is a critical early test of #stemcells’ potential to tackle serious disease. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/31/1078728/biotech-dopamine-making-cells-into-peoples-brains/

Slashdot: A Biotech Company Says It Put Dopamine-Making Cells Into People's Brains https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/09/02/0150234/a-biotech-company-says-it-put-dopamine-making-cells-into-peoples-brains?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #biotech

A Biotech Company Says It Put Dopamine-Making Cells Into People's Brains - A biotech company has conducted a small-scale trial involving the implantation of ... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/09/02/0150234/a-biotech-company-says-it-put-dopamine-making-cells-into-peoples-brains?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #biotech

Former #President #DonaldTrump is considering former #biotech executive #VivekRamaswamy as his pick for #VicePresident.

At least that’s how the #media is interpreting #Trump’s recent comments to #RightWing talk show host #GlennBeck about the upstart #MAGA candidate. But if you consider Trump’s comments another way, his praise for Ramaswamy’s “talent” functions as a way to disarm his opposition and incentivize an obedient pack of #2024 challengers.

#MSNBC

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-vivek-ramaswamy-vice-president-election-2024-rcna102730?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma&taid=64f26cff0336bb0001b0b86a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

A #biotech company says it put #dopamine-making cells into people’s #brains
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/31/1078728/biotech-dopamine-making-cells-into-peoples-brains/

OK, this is a bit bananas, but I like it. Any which way will do.

What was once muscle cancer is now healthy tissue, shows study https://interestingengineering.com/health/transform-muscle-cancer-healthy-tissue

#tech #biotech #cancer #medicine

We've got some more disease-resistant rice!

UC Davis and many international scientists have used CRISPR to create a new cultivar that is broadly resistant to many diseases.

The gene Resistance To Blast 1 (RBL1), when knocked out, improved resistance, but lowered yields 20 fold. So a mutated allele was made instead to keep the benefits and lose the downsides.

#Rice #Agriculture #CRISPR #GeneEditing #GMO #Biology #Biotech #Biotechnology #Scicomm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06205-2

Seeing a lot of bad takes about why Amyris $AMRS declared bankruptcy, including from other #synbio founders.

"Cosmetics"
"Vertical integration"
"B2B"

No.

Amyris tanked because of bad management making terrible financial decisions.

Also, whether we like to admit it or not, economics still crush most things in #biotech . At least with the current approaches to commercialization.

#livingtech #investing #stocks

Bees, like all other organisms, have a lot of parasites. And it is likely that these are the main contributors to issues like colony collapse disorder (CCD).

UT Austin scientists have targeted one such deadly fungal parasite, Nosema ceranae, and have genetically modified a bacteria commonly found in bee guts to produce an RNA interference system preventing the fungus from making spores.

#Bees #Bacteria #Fungi #Biology #Biotech #Biotechnology #RNAi #Science #Scicomm

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220922120

Again, a bit louder for those in the back.

Anti-obesity drug promises to reverse heart failure symptoms https://interestingengineering.com/health/semaglutide-reverse-heart-failure-symptoms

#medicine #biology #biotech

The Longevity-Associated Variant of BPIFB4 Reduces Heart Disease Severity https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/08/the-longevity-associated-variant-of-bpifb4-reduces-heart-disease-severity/

#tech #biology #longevity #biotech

Slashdot: The 'Weird' Male Y Chromosome Has Finally Been Fully Sequenced https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/08/25/2248224/the-weird-male-y-chromosome-has-finally-been-fully-sequenced?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #biotech

The 'Weird' Male Y Chromosome Has Finally Been Fully Sequenced - An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation: The Y chromosome is a n... - https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/08/25/2248224/the-weird-male-y-chromosome-has-finally-been-fully-sequenced?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #biotech

More developments in making gene drives using CRISPR.

In order to combat Drosophila suzukii fruit destroying flies, NC State researchers have created a "homing" gene drive targeting the fly doublesex gene that, if inhibited, will result in sterility of the next generation.

Since the gene is so conserved, it could also be used as a target with other harmful insects.

#CRISPR #GeneDrive #Flies #Sterility #Biology #Science #Biotech #Biotechnology #Scicomm

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301525120