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Scientists have restored vision in old mice by regenerating cells to make them "younger"

Scientists have successfully restored vision in old mice by tweaking their DNA and regenerating cells to make them "younger". This experiment could have implications for humans, and the process has already been licenced by Harvard to a Life Sciences company in their city (Boston).

Dec 6, 2020 00:01
In an unanticipated discovery, DeepMind - an AI company - has solved an intractable biology problem - that of determining a protein's structure from its genetic sequence

UK based AI company DeepMind (acquired by Google in 2014) was best known for its AlphaZero program which became a world champion at Chess and Go. Now, its AlphaFold program has cracked a biology problem, which could revolutionise medicine and cure diseases

Dec 2, 2020 21:46
Humans have reduced wildlife populations by 68% since 1970, and haven't slowed down yet - WWF report

Wildlife populations have fallen by 68% since 1970, according to a major report by the WWF.

Sep 9, 2020 08:02
Unless greenhouse gas emissions are cut, earth will soon be at its hottest in 34 million years : study

Chemical analyses of ancient sediments allowed scientists to put together one of the most comprehensive climate histories of the planet

Feb 9, 2020 07:52