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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

From OpenAI's offices to a deal with Eli Lilly - how Chai Discovery became one of the flashiest names in AI drug development | TechCrunch

AI-driven startups like Chai Discovery accelerate antibody design, attracting major funding and partnerships with pharma and tech companies to transform drug discovery.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Startup Secretly Working to Gene-Hack Human Baby

First, a little background on human gene-hacking, also known as germline gene editing. On top of being wildly unethical - and we're talking Frankenstein levels here - human gene-editing has also been strictly prohibited in the US by an act of Congress. However, and this is a huge caveat, the congressional ban only affects research done with federal funds, meaning privately-funded germline gene editing is technically allowed, though anyone caught doing it runs the risk of becoming a pariah in the scientific community.
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fromNature
2 months ago

'Biotech Barbie' says the time has come to consider CRISPR babies. Do scientists agree?

Cathy Tie founded Manhattan Genomics to pursue gene editing of human embryos to prevent genetic disorders, prompting scientific safety and ethical concerns.
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