Antonio Regalado
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech @techreview
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Here are some actual facts about George Church’s DNA dating company
It’s called Digid8 and will try to use your genes to make sure you never meet the wrong person.
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Antonio Regalado
So we learned some details about George Church's DNA dating app
-its a startup company called Digid8
-funded by Church and unnamed others
-prevent dates between carriers of same recessive mutation
-WILL NOT block dates for people carrying dominant genes
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GEDmatch Partners with Genomics Firm
GEDMatch, a pioneer in consumer genealogy, today announced that it has paired with forensic genomics firm Verogen, Inc., to enhance customer experience and ensure ongoing privacy protections for its users. GEDMatch, a pioneer in consumer genealogy,...
Scientist George Church talks about accepting donations from Jeffrey Epstein
"60 Minutes" asked geneticist George Church about accepting donations from Jeffrey Epstein's foundation. He explains: "You don't always know your donors as well as you would like — even if other people do."
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Antonio Regalado
Very unusual for George Church to be this inarticulate--- struggling to answer questions about Epstein money on CBS 60 minutes.
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A Harvard geneticist's goal: to protect humans from viruses, genetic diseases, and aging
George Church's lab at Harvard Medical School is working to make humans immune to all viruses, eliminate genetic diseases and reverse the aging process. Scott Pelley reports on how close the geneticist's team is to a breakthrough.
Antonio Regalado
When your face is the face of the "genetic information age"
cbsnews.com/news/harvard-g… pic.twitter.com/Yx66CwTUQi
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Antonio Regalado
"Veritas in July said that it had sequenced 5,000 genomes, with a goal of sequencing more than 150,000 in 2021. The company has raised more than $50 million in venture funding, according to Crunchbase."
From story last month reporting the databreach.
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Crack down on genomic surveillance
Corporations selling DNA-profiling technology are aiding human-rights abuses. Governments, legislators, researchers, reviewers and publishers must act.
Major flaws in “Identification of individuals by trait prediction using whole-genome sequencing data”
Genetic privacy is an area of active research. While it is important to identify new risks, it is equally crucial to supply policymakers with accurate information based on scientific evidence. Recently, [Lippert et al. (PNAS, 2017)][1] investigated...
Opinion: We need to know what happened to CRISPR twins Lulu and Nana
The unpublished research paper by He Jiankui about the creation of the babies shows proof of attempted gene editing gone awry.
Antonio Regalado
In the accompanying item, @kiranmusunuru argues why the information should be public.
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China’s CRISPR babies: Read exclusive excerpts from the unseen original research
He Jiankui’s manuscript shows how he ignored ethical and scientific norms in creating the gene-edited twins Lulu and Nana.
Antonio Regalado
Read excerpts from the unpublished paper about the gene-edited CRISPR twins born in China last year.
technologyreview.com/s/614764/china… pic.twitter.com/LfH0RGXv9I
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Why the paper on the CRISPR babies stayed secret for so long
"If it’s scientifically valid but not ethical, does that mean the study will stay in the shadows?"
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Antonio Regalado
Why the paper about the Chinese CRISPR babies was never published.
It went out review at Nature (briefly) and then at JAMA. JAMA rejected it last January after soliciting 11 reviews.
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Antonio Regalado
Howard Bauchner, the editor of JAMA, which reviewed but rejected the manuscript, told me this was the "central quandry."
“If someone thinks it’s scientifically valid but not ethical, does that mean the study will stay in the shadows?"
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1 year later, mystery surrounds China’s gene-edited babies
Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world by claiming he had helped make the first gene-edited babies. One year later, mystery surrounds his fate as well as theirs. He has not been seen...
Russia’s stance on human genome editing
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
The evolution of schizophrenia
University of Melbourne research finds that the genetic risks of schizophrenia may eventually evolve out of existence, but the environmental risk factors remain
Interrogating the Evolutionary Paradox of Schizophrenia: A Novel Framework and Evidence Supporting Recent Negative Selection of Schizophrenia Risk Alleles
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder with a worldwide prevalence of ∼1%. The high heritability and reduced fertility among schizophrenia patients have raised an evolutionary paradox: why has negative selection not eliminated schizophrenia...
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Antonio Regalado
So now now they are calculating polygenic risk scores for Neandertals and other extinct hominins?
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… twitter.com/robertosaezm/s…
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That time when 'CRISPR babies' scientist took a 23andMe test
That time when 'CRISPR babies' scientist took a 23andMe test
25-Nov-2019, Biohackinfo News.
Dr. He opens his 23andMe kit. (photo via Dr. He Jiankui)
Happy Human Gene-Editing Day! Today, November 25th,...
Antonio Regalado
CRISPR babies is birthing alternative narratives, almost as divergent as whether Ukraine has the server or not!
From the anonymous poster @biohackinfo a f--- y-- to "virtue signalers" and (seemingly) contradictory positions by scientists.
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A ‘Rare Case Where Racial Biases’ Protected African-Americans
Fewer opioid prescriptions meant fewer deaths (possibly as many as 14,000), but the episode also reveals how prevalent and harmful stereotypes can be, even if implicit.
Kiran Musunuru | The Beagle Has Landed
Genetic Counseling’s first independent media outlet, The Beagle Has Landed will be a podcasting forum for a dynamic and rapidly changing and emerging community. This site features interviews with leaders in the field of clinical genetics, explores...
Antonio Regalado
You can hear Musunuru talk about his experience on the @laurahercher podcast The Beagle Has Landed (interview from a while back, but covers material also in book. )
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A Year After the CRISPR Babies Debacle, A Rift Is Growing Among the World’s Scientists
The anniversary of He Jiankui’s botched experiment brings more questions than answers
Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand Mysterious DNA Circles Common in Cancer Cells
For years, researchers weren’t exactly sure what to make of these extra loops of genetic material . That’s quickly changing.
Trump Impeachment Hearings | Reuters
Live coverage of congressional hearings into the impeachment of President Donald Trump