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...Morningstar strategist Robby Greengold earlier this month pointed to the “compelling” nature of the themes that the Innovation fund invests in — artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, genetic technology...
...Genetic testing company 23andMe has grand ambitions for personalised healthcare....
...Following success in some small initial trials, Grail and an Indian company, Datar Cancer Genetics, are already selling MCED tests to the public....
...The test works by using genetic sequencing and artificial intelligence to scan a certain type of DNA (cell-free DNA) found in people’s blood for changes caused by cancer cells....
...Reliance has recently invested in healthcare companies including genetics group Strand Life Sciences, after buying a majority stake in pharma sales company Netmeds in 2020....
...Ark is a big proponent of “precision” medicine, the idea that patients can be matched with drugs targeting the specific genetic drivers of their disease....
...Illumina, the genetic sequencing biotech, has taken the rare step of finalising its $8bn acquisition of Grail, the cancer screening company backed by Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, despite still being under...
...One thing to start: a blank-cheque company backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is in talks to merge with 23andMe, in a deal that would bring the genetics testing company on to public markets at a value...
...Today we want to focus on Blackstone and genetics. Well, specifically your DNA....
...Genetic engineering home lab kits may be a snip at $1,845 but the field is probably best left to the experts....
...Boston area start-up Moderna was quickly off to the races and an early winner in finding a vaccine through its work on viral genetics....
...A Book of Life by 2030 Scientists are racing to put together what they call the “Book of Life”: the genetic sequences of all complex species on the planet and the relationships between them....
...Talking about Google’s work to improve the accuracy of mammograms by using medical records and genetic information, he said: “There is incredible power in the ability not only with the data, but combining...
...“And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper,” wrote Shelley in 1831. She would surely be pleased with the extraordinary elasticity of this novel. “What is real life these days?”...
...In 2017 its progeny, AlphaGo Zero, did it again — without any expert human input....
...A deadlier variant could occur in thematic index investing where some crazy idea for a sexy fund — a mutant combination, say, of blockchain, genetics and artificial intelligence in the title — ends up with...
...They’ll harness the super-powerful genetic and cyborg technologies that will be developed in coming decades....
...But a more precise understanding of biology has led pharmaceutical companies to focus research and development efforts on treatments for rarer diseases, often aimed at small sub groups with a particular genetic...
...There is even a pilot project to try to make preferred progeny produce the food of the masses....
...submission for Lynparza, a drug which AstraZeneca now co-owns in a 50:50 partnership with Merck, the US drug company, to treat breast cancer that spread elsewhere in the body for patients with a particular genetic...
...Scientists have for the first time corrected a genetic defect in newly created human embryos, demonstrating that contentious “gene editing” technology could prevent the transmission of some inherited diseases...
...This, Mr Parry says, carries fewer environmental risks than population replacement — the engineered insects and their progeny vanish from the environment....
...In a sign that regulators in Washington are just as alive to such issues, the US Department of Justice sued Deere & Co last week to block its purchase of Monsanto’s Precision Planting LLC equipment unit,...
...Trading of ewes mixed them with progeny of their ancestors to produce further distinct breeds....
...Whatever ethical constraints we impose on Earth, we should surely wish these pioneers luck in using genetic and cyborg techniques to adapt their progeny to an alien environment — to become almost a new species...
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