Antonio Regalado
Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech
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Russian authorities seek to ease fears of a scientist going rogue
STAT 20h 3 tweets
A Russian Academy of Sciences official said Rebrikov wouldn't act against regulators' wishes: “I am confident he has the common sense not to break the law."
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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BIOHK2020 - HOME
Bio-hk.com 43h 1 tweets
BIOHK2020 organized by HKBIO aims to provide an apt global platform to explore the potential and limitless biotech opportunities brimming in HK and network with the leading industry practitioners from around the globe.
Antonio Regalado Big biotech conference in Hong Kong being cancelled due to turmoil in city. Hong Kong has a long and independent tradition in biotech and science. 43h
Controversial ‘3-Parent Baby’ Fertility Technique Fails to Deliver for Older Women
Emily Mullin - Medium 44h 3 tweets
The experimental procedure is banned in the United States but is being offered at clinics abroad as a treatment for infertility
Antonio Regalado Accurate update on "three-parent babies", aka moving genetic material from one woman's egg into that of a young healthy egg donor. Doesn't work for age-related fertility which is major reason for IVF. (But further attempts will be made). 44h
Ancestry launches consumer genetics tests for health
Matthew Herper - STAT 47h 16 tweets
The products will allow consumers to get health information based on their DNA results — and put Ancestry in direct competition with 23andMe.
It's Official: $5.5 Billion Ballot Measure Filed for California Stem Cell Agency
Californiastemcellreport.blogspot.com 6d 2 tweets
Backers of the financially stressed California stem cell agency yesterday filed their proposed ballot measure to refinance the agency with $...
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Epidemiologic Signatures in Cancer | NEJM
New England Journal of Medicine 15d 11 tweets
Special Report from The New England Journal of Medicine — Epidemiologic Signatures in Cancer
Tenure announcement: April 2019
Mickens.seas.harvard.edu 9d 18 tweets
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Antonio Regalado Genetic testing "pop up" store in malls (pops up for a limited line) from 23andMe 10d
Unnatural Selection: Season 1 | Main Trailer | Netflix
YouTube 13d 4 tweets
The documentary series UNNATURAL SELECTION explores new developments in the science of gene-editing that defy evolution and raise moral, social and environme...
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Antonio Regalado Oh my, oh my, OH MY! The trailer for Netflix CRISPR series "Unnatural Selection" featuring --usual crew of biohackers @4LOVofScience etc. --back of JC Belmonte's head --Jennifer Doudna --Kevin Esvelt of MIT 13d
Antonio Regalado "If you are really playing God, you don't care what other people think" -- Kevin Esvelt, gene drive guy, MIT Media Lab. Netflix CRISPR series is coming 13d
Government Plans to Begin DNA Testing on Detained Immigrants
Caitlin Dickerson - Nytimes.com 15d 20 tweets
The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin testing on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.
Antonio Regalado Plan for wide DNA collection on detainees at southern border, incl. children (no consent). "fradulent family groups" and because "criminal aspect to that population" - US DHS Tech: STR markers, iCODIS database Times: Buzzfeed: 15d
The Trump Administration Plans To Collect DNA Samples From Some Undocumented Immigrants Who Are Being Detained
Hamed Aleaziz - BuzzFeed News 15d 2 tweets
The DNA results could then be placed into a nationwide database that contains millions of other profiles for hits on potential previous criminal activity, officials say.
Antonio Regalado Plan for wide DNA collection on detainees at southern border, incl. children (no consent). "fradulent family groups" and because "criminal aspect to that population" - US DHS Tech: STR markers, iCODIS database Times: Buzzfeed: 15d
What's in the cards for this year's Nobel Prizes?
sharon begley - STAT 15d 15 tweets
Past laureates have their favorites and hunches, wrong though they usually are. As one 2018 winner said, “It’s not helpful to second-guess these things!”
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Antonio Regalado reporter has good source on Nobel Prize predictions. I like a pick for DNA sequencing tech, but wonder if it can be distilled to 3 names. Without these inventions ... “there would be no map of the human genome.” 15d
Peter Thiel’s Venture Fund Launches Hereticon, a ‘Conference for People Banned From Other Conferences’
The Daily Beast 15d 3 tweets
The invite-only event will focus on transhumanism, the “benefits of starvation,” and “the softer side of doomsday prepping,” among other things.
Antonio Regalado P.S. New coverage of announcment Daily Beast: Gizmodo: 15d
Peter Thiel's VC Fund to Host Conference for Ideological 'Heretics,' Maybe Summon a Ghost or Two
Gizmodo 15d 4 tweets
“Ideological outcasts” who have been “banned from other conferences”—surely the country’s most beleaguered minority—can soon find a home with other like-minded individuals at “Hereticon,” a three-day conference being planned by the Founders Fund...
Antonio Regalado P.S. New coverage of announcment Daily Beast: Gizmodo: 15d
HERETICON
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MAY 2020, NEW ORLEANS
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Antonio Regalado A Silicon Valley conference called "Hereticon" will convene thought criminals--those with unspeakable ideas (1/4) 15d
The Messy Consequences of the Golden State Killer Case
Sarah Zhang - The Atlantic 15d 4 tweets
Tools meant to reunite families are now being “used essentially to get families to put their members in jail.”
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Antonio Regalado Wide ranging update on "genetic genealogy" since the Golden State Killer case. Field is one big unrelenting mess. via 15d
Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in Admissions, Judge Rules
Anemona Hartocollis - Nytimes.com 16d 15 tweets
The ruling in a lawsuit accusing Harvard of holding Asian-American applicants to a higher standard is almost certain to be appealed.
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Antonio Regalado Harvard wins admissions bias case. A lot of people in technology/science have been following this closely. 16d
Making The Cut | How Does Human Gene Editing Work?
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He’s got his father’s eyes, his mother’s nose, and neither of their inheritable diseases, all thanks to human gene editing! 👁👃🏽👨🏻‍🔬 Sound like the stuff of s...
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Antonio Regalado National Academies still has a pretty suggestive "how it works" video about CRISPR. The options in the opener --enhance vision --get a higher IQ --create "the perfect" human being --lower sensitivity to pain 16d