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US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit
AFP, Published on 16/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalised gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday.
US firm brought back extinct dire wolves
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» WASHINGTON — They whimper, drink from baby bottles and crawl oh so tentatively -- they look like cute white puppies, not the fruit of a daring project to resuscitate an extinct species.
Bangkok Street Performer fest returns
Life, Published on 28/11/2024
» Public areas in the heart of the capital will be transformed into centres of music and arts for the Bangkok Street Performer Festival 2024, which will run for one day only on Saturday, from 1pm to 9pm.
Scientists modify tomatoes to make them 'significantly sweeter'
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/11/2024
» HONG KONG — Chinese scientists have successfully modified tomatoes to make them sweeter by removing two genes that regulate sugar content, according to a new study.
Gene-editing technology wins backing
Published on 01/02/2024
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is committed to moving ahead with new gene editing technology to improve an agricultural sector now under threat of falling yields caused by climate change.
Are scientific breakthroughs on the decline?
News, Published on 27/12/2023
» This year had barely begun when scientists got some jolting news. On Jan 4, a paper appeared in Nature claiming that disruptive scientific findings have been waning since 1945. An accompanying graph showed all fields on a steep downhill slide.
Healthcare stocks lead the way
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 06/06/2022
» Investing in stocks and assets with high pricing power and long-term growth potential has traditionally been a good way to capture gains and stay ahead in an inflationary environment.
Sequencing, mRNA, or maybe nanocrystals? Wide-open field for Nobel Chemistry Prize
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» STOCKHOLM - Breakthroughs in DNA sequencing, innovative gas storage, nanocrystals or a second chance for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines? Speculators on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry are spoiled for choice ahead of the announcement on Wednesday.
Exxon Sees Green Gold in Algae-Based Fuels. Skeptics See Greenwashing.
Business, Published on 05/10/2021
» Some scientists regard Exxon Mobil Corp.'s long-running quest to turn algae into a transportation fuel as little more than a PR stunt. The oil giant says they are wrong.
Bioscience firm plans to resurrect extinct woolly mammoth
AFP, Published on 14/09/2021
» WASHINGTON: It is the elephant in the genomics room: can extinct species be resurrected? One bioscience firm insists it can, announcing on Monday its intent to use emerging technology to restore the woolly mammoth to the Arctic tundra.