strypey, (edited ) to aotearoa
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Just as I start to warm to TOP, I find they're campaigning for deregulation of gene-editing. In fact they have been at it for at least 4 years:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2019/05/nz-embracing-gene-editing-is-a-no-brainer-geoff-simmons.html

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#Aotearoa #NZ #TOP #BioTech #GeneEditing

mjgardner, to medical
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#PatentsKill” is a lie. The truth is that #PatentsSaveLives.

https://newideal.aynrand.org/mossoff-and-adalja-ip-waivers-disarm-us-against-pandemics/

For more, read this #policy brief by George Mason University #law professor and #IP rights expert Adam Mossoff, and infectious disease physician and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for #Health Security Dr. Amesh Adalja:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9500249/

#PatentWaivers #patents #IntellectualProperty #COVID19 #vaccines #BioTech #pharma #TRIPSAct #NoFreeTRIPS #USITC #WTO #InternationalTrade

ProPublica, to Futurology
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The Biotech Edge: How Executives and Well-Connected Investors Make Exquisitely Timed Trades in Health Care Stocks

Secret #IRS records reveal dozens of highly fortuitous #biotech and #HealthCare
trades.

One executive bought shares in a corporate partner just before a sale, and an investor traded options right before a company’s revenues took off, netting millions.

https://www.propublica.org/article/biotech-executives-investors-trade-health-care-stocks?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

Anthrobots: Tiny biological robots from human cells (www.techexplorist.com)

The multicellular bots move around and help heal “wounds” created in cultured neurons. Scientists at Tufts and Harvard made tiny biological robots called Anthrobots using human tracheal cells. These tiny robots move and, in the lab, help neurons grow in damaged areas. The researchers hope to use similar biobots made from...

The Most Dangerous Weapon is NOT Nuclear (www.youtube.com)

A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.

miramusank, to Futurology
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I’m excited to have burning questions about biotech textile innovation, scalability, recyclability, and much more answered by Modern Meadow CEO, Catherine Roggero-Lovisi.

As Fafafoom Studio Newsletter enters its second year of publication, I look forward to offer more content beyond my monthly artist life updates. Happy belated 2024, Fashion Social peeps!

https://open.substack.com/pub/fafafoom/p/lab-grown-luxury-can-bio-science

itnewsbot, to Futurology

Moderna CEO made $400M last year—2,435X the median salary of employees - Enlarge / Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel during a Bloomberg Television int... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1961782 #pharmaceuticalindustry #stephanbancel #healthcare #biotech #moderna #sanders #health #income #stat #ceo

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STAT+: PDS Biotech's survival benefit is absurdly overstated

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/16/pds-biotech-survival-benefit/?utm_campaign=rss

br00t4c, to Futurology
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Listen: A conversation with researcher Kevin Esvelt on the urgency of improving biosecurity measures

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/22/kevin-esvelt-mit-biosecurity/?utm_campaign=rss

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The surprising outperformance of a new drug against existing competitors, and other biotech updates

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/31/biotech-news-pfizer-lorbrena-ultragenyx-ionis-sarepta-asco-gilead-cancer/?utm_campaign=rss

br00t4c, to Futurology
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STAT+: Did Sarepta Therapeutics earn $4 billion from exon-skipping drugs that don't work?

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/30/sarepta-therapeutics-ron-wong-biotech/?utm_campaign=rss

inkican, to Futurology
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br00t4c, to Futurology
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universalhub, to Futurology
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Instead of lead into gold, how about greenhouse gas into chocolate and jet fuel?

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/instead-lead-gold-how-about-greenhouse-gas

br00t4c, to Futurology
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STAT+: Cytokinetics set to pitch its heart drug to physicians -- and Big Pharma suitors

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/09/cytokinetics-sickle-cell-bluebird-vertex-amgen/?utm_campaign=rss

br00t4c, to ai
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STAT+: Can AI build custom 'n-of-1' drugs faster? Maybe not yet, new case study suggests

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/13/ai-custom-nof1-drugs-new-study/?utm_campaign=rss

br00t4c, to Futurology
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STAT+: Sanofi enters vaccine licensing deal with Novavax, giving beleaguered biotech a lifeline

https://www.statnews.com/2024/05/10/sanofi-vaccines-novavax-covid-flu/?utm_campaign=rss

br00t4c, to Futurology
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drrimmer, to Futurology
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Some say it’s ‘genetic discrimination’, but insurance companies are fighting for access to these test results https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/12/life-insurance-industry-customers-genetic-tests-ban

‘I’m being discriminated against purely based on the genes I was born with’, says a Queensland man who couldn’t update his life insurance policy

#biotech #genetics #insurance #ethics #humanrights #Gattaca #auslaw #auspol

br00t4c, to Futurology
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