Nature retracts paper by stem cell scientist appealing her dismissal – Retraction Watch (blog)
Retraction Watch (blog) |
Nature retracts paper by stem cell scientist appealing her dismissal
Retraction Watch (blog) A once-rising star in stem cell biology — who recently lost both her job and a sizable grant — has had a fourth paper retracted. The notice — issued by Nature for a 2006 letter — cites duplicated images, and a lack of raw data to verify the … |
Motherboard |
Neill Blomkamp’s Latest Short Film ‘Zygote’ Is Pure Biological Horror
Motherboard It tackles ideas including the creation of artificial humans, labor, synthetic biology, and more, through the lens of a creepy survival thriller. Blomkamp (director of District 9, Chappie, and Elysium) launched Oats Studios earlier this year as a new … |
WRAL Tech Wire |
Tech wrap: FDA gene therapy review; face scan wories; Google tax victory; $1B electric car plant KO’d
WRAL Tech Wire The Food and Drug Administration panel is holding a hearing Wednesday to discuss the treatment developed by the University of Pennsylvania and Novartis Corp. The drugmaker is seeking approval to use the one-time treatment for children and young … |
Harvard Gazette |
New CRISPR technology takes cells to the movies
Harvard Gazette In 2016, a team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and Harvard Medical School (HMS) led by Wyss core faculty member George Church built the first molecular recorder based on the CRISPR system. The recorder allows cells to … Scientists Used CRISPR to Put a GIF Inside a Living Organism’s DNAMIT Technology Review Researchers use CRISPR to store a movie in living bacteriaSTAT Scientists Can Use CRISPR to Store Images and Movies in BacteriaThe Atlantic WIRED –U.S. News & World Report –UC Berkeley –YouTube all 140 news articles » |
41 NBC News |
New Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Dire Cancer Cases
41 NBC News Dimas Padilla, 43, of Kissimmee, is in remission from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma after receiving an experimental cancer therapy called CAR-T. Here, he poses with his wife, Johanna Padilla. NBC News. It’s worked well in patients who had no other options … |