Hacker News with Generative AI: Biotechnology

Ethically sourced "spare" human bodies could revolutionize medicine (technologyreview.com)
Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.

Medicine, Biotechnology, Ethics, Organ Transplantation

12 points by iancmceachern 1 day ago | 7 comments

Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives (economist.com)
Organ transplants are a familiar idea. Organelle transplants, less so. Yet organelles are to cells what organs are to bodies—specialised components that divvy up the labour needed to keep the whole thing ticking over. Swapping old organelles for new in cells where the machinery has switched from ticking to tocking thus makes sense in principle. And, for one type of organelle, that principle is now being tested in practice.

Biotechnology, Health, Medicine, Science

9 points by Brajeshwar 3 days ago | 0 comments

Scientists witness living plant cells generate cellulose and form cell walls (phys.org)
In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose—a major constituent of all plant cell walls—a team of Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over 24 hours with living plant cells, providing critical insights that may lead to the development of more robust plants for increased food and lower-cost biofuels production.

Science, Biology, Plants, Biotechnology, Research

81 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 1 comments

First Retinal Treatment to Restore Damaged Vision (businesskorea.co.kr)
A research team of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has developed the world's first retinal disease treatment that can restore damaged vision.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Vision, Korea

8 points by geox 4 days ago | 0 comments

Industry Voices Alarm as Peter Marks Departs FDA (genengnews.com)
The sudden but not altogether surprising departure of Peter Marks, MD, from the FDA has prompted a chorus of criticism and despair from industry leaders and trade organizations.

FDA, Biotechnology, Regulatory Affairs

33 points by gnabgib 6 days ago | 1 comments

What happens to DNA data of millions as 23andMe files bankruptcy? (pbs.org)
The bankruptcy of 23andMe is raising concerns about the future of its DNA information.

Genetics, Privacy, Consumer Data, Biotechnology, Business

18 points by ajdude 9 days ago | 6 comments

Paralysed man stands again after receiving 'reprogrammed' stem cells (nature.com)
A paralysed man can stand on his own after receiving an injection of neural stem cells to treat his spinal cord injury.

Biotechnology, Medical Research

11 points by alexcos 10 days ago | 0 comments

Good drug news – More important things happening in biotechnology and medicine (worksinprogress.news)
We recently released Issue 18 of Works in Progress. Read about prehistoric psychopaths, fertility on demand and the king of fruits here. Today on Links in Progress Asimov Press’s Niko McCarty and our own Saloni Dattani return to review more important things happening in the world of biotechnology and medicine.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Science, News, Health

12 points by therabbithole 11 days ago | 2 comments

American Science Should Take a Lot More Risks (nytimes.com)
In the early 1990s, Katalin Karikó was obsessed with an idea most of her fellow scientists dismissed: Could messenger RNA, or mRNA, a genetic molecule that helps cells synthesize proteins, be harnessed to create new kinds of treatments?

Science, Research, Risk, Biotechnology, mRNA

6 points by ryan_j_naughton 17 days ago | 1 comments

Bio science lab in home for brain and body was launched in indiegogo (indiegogo.com)
Indiegogo is committed to accessibility.

Biotechnology, Crowdfunding, Science, DIY

12 points by leisanrain 31 days ago | 0 comments

Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells (abc.net.au)

Biotechnology, Startups, Neuroscience, Melbourne

54 points by Gustomaximus 32 days ago | 37 comments

First "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" runs on living human cells (newatlas.com)
The world's first "biological computer" that fuses human brain cells with silicon hardware to form fluid neural networks has been commercially launched, ushering in a new age of AI technology.

Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Computing

7 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 32 days ago | 1 comments

Designing Self-Destructing Bacteria to Make Effective Tuberculosis Vaccines (weill.cornell.edu)
Working toward more effective tuberculosis (TB) vaccines, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed two strains of mycobacteria with "kill switches" that can be triggered to stop the bacteria after they activate an immune response.

Tuberculosis, Vaccines, Medicine, Biotechnology

4 points by justinc8687 38 days ago | 0 comments

CRISPR transforms ordinary fat cells into cancer killing machines (thebrighterside.news)
Scientists use CRISPR to turn fat cells into cancer-fighting machines, cutting off tumors’ nutrient supply and halting growth.

CRISPR, Cancer Treatment, Biotechnology, Medicine, Scientific Breakthrough

5 points by amichail 39 days ago | 1 comments

The Birth of Wetware (2018) (proto.life)
Forget what you may have heard about neural networks in software. This startup is making a computer with living neurons.

Biotechnology, Neuroscience, Startups, Artificial Intelligence

3 points by Gooblebrai 40 days ago | 0 comments

The quest for a "communication device" that tells cells to regenerate the body (bigthink.com)
What if medicine could harness this innate healing ability with precision, using technology to direct the body to repair damaged tissues and organs, or even regenerate them entirely?

Biotechnology, Medicine, Regenerative Medicine, Cellular Regeneration

6 points by Anon84 41 days ago | 0 comments

New reviews for Lumina Probiotic, the genetically engineered toothpaste (sfstandard.com)
In January of last year, a handful of tech elites flew to Honduras to try a single-use toothpaste that wasn’t available in the U.S. Shelling out up to $20,000 for a dose, they hoped the genetically engineered dental rinse might permanently ward off cavities.

Genetics, Biotechnology, Dental Health, Consumer Products, Social Commentary

4 points by tomwiddles 42 days ago | 0 comments

Modern Synthesis is making compostable materials that last a lifetime (techcrunch.com)
Jen Keane’s claim to fame is that she grew a shoe using bacteria, coaxing the microbes to deposit their nanocellulose materials in the shape of a sneaker. But she’s kind of over that.

Biotechnology, Sustainability, Materials Science, Composting

7 points by PaulHoule 42 days ago | 1 comments

Design of Coq₁₀ crops based on evolutionary history (sciencedirect.com)
Engineering CoQ10 production in crops would benefit human health, but this is hindered by the fact that the specific residues of the enzyme Coq1 that control chain length are unknown.

Science, Biotechnology, Engineering, Agriculture

9 points by PaulHoule 42 days ago | 0 comments

How Unfair Is the Coin: Lessons from Building a Biotech Startup (ankitg.me)
I’m reviving my blog after some time away — it’s been an eventful 12 months. In February 2024, Reverie Labs, the startup I co-founded in 2017, was acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks. I’m now on leave from Ginkgo and I’ve joined Y Combinator as a Visiting Partner, giving me the chance to work with the next generation of companies. Especially in this new role, I’ve been thinking a bit about what worked, what didn’t work, and what lessons I can take forward.

Biotechnology, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Acquisitions

5 points by chaosprint 47 days ago | 0 comments

I Left Florida to Try Lab-Grown Meat (reason.com)
A company based in San Francisco just became the first in the world to sell direct to consumers what its founders call "cultivated meat," meaning it didn't originate from an animal that lived on a farm or in a muddy feedlot but from a giant steel vat.

Food Technology, Consumerism, Biotechnology

12 points by frankish 51 days ago | 1 comments

Printable molecule-selective nanoparticles enable wearable biosensor mass prod (phys.org)
The future of medicine may very well lie in the personalization of health care—knowing exactly what an individual needs and then delivering just the right mix of nutrients, metabolites, and medications, if necessary, to stabilize and improve their condition.

Biotechnology, Wearable Technology, Nanotechnology, Medical Technology

6 points by bookofjoe 60 days ago | 0 comments

Graphene tattoos that are biosensors (ieee.org)
Imagine it’s the year 2040, and a 12-year-old kid with diabetes pops a piece of chewing gum into his mouth. A temporary tattoo on his forearm registers the uptick in sugar in his blood stream and sends that information to his phone.

Biotechnology, Future Technology, Nanotechnology

3 points by headalgorithm 61 days ago | 0 comments

Biomachining (wikipedia.org)
Biomachining is the machining process of using lithotropic bacteria to remove material from metal parts, contrasted with chemical machining methods such as chemical milling and physical machining methods such as milling.

Biotechnology, Engineering, Materials Science

32 points by thunderbong 70 days ago | 1 comments

Schrödinger: The Nvidia biotech partner Jensen Huang told to "think bigger" (hntrbrk.com)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had a message to deliver.

Nvidia, Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Technology

59 points by impish9208 70 days ago | 38 comments

Dutch pioneer files EU's second lab-grown meat application (politico.eu)
Mosa Meat has lodged the European Union’s second application for a cultivated or “lab-grown” meat, specifically a cell-based beef fat, as research and development continues to drive down the cost of the novel food, the Dutch food tech company announced Wednesday.

Food Technology, Biotechnology, EU Regulations, Meat Industry

10 points by Someone 73 days ago | 2 comments

De novo designed proteins neutralize lethal snake venom toxins (nature.com)
Snakebite envenoming remains a devastating and neglected tropical disease, claiming over 100,000 lives annually and causing severe complications and long-lasting disabilities for many more1,2.

Biotechnology, Medicine, Science, Snake Venom

4 points by aduffy 76 days ago | 0 comments

AI-designed proteins tackle century-old problem – making snake antivenoms (nature.com)
Proteins designed using artificial intelligence (AI) can block the lethal effects of toxins delivered in the venom of cobras, adders and other deadly snakes.

Artificial Intelligence, Science, Medicine, Venom, Biotechnology

3 points by eileen-stars 78 days ago | 0 comments

Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins (arstechnica.com)
It's a good example of how computer developments can be used for practical problems.

AI, Biotechnology, Science, Medicine, Venom

12 points by isaacfrond 80 days ago | 0 comments

Colossal Biosciences raises $200M at $10.2B valu. to bring back woolly mammoths (techcrunch.com)
Colossal Biosciences, the company that’s famously on a mission to bring back the woolly mammoth and two other extinct species, has raised a $200 million Series C at a $10.2 billion valuation from TWG Global, the investment company of Guggenheim Partners co-founder Mark Walter and the billionaire Thomas Tull.

Biotechnology, Extinct Species, Funding, Startups

9 points by this_weekend 80 days ago | 3 comments