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☆ Should you take supplements? A scientist who researches whether they work explains 3 people who might benefit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIs taking supplements a waste of time or vital for our health? Longevity fanatics such as multi-millionaire tech exec Bryan Johnson religiously take dozens of supplements daily in the hopes of boosting their health. Regardless of whether supplements work, they are hugely popular and the market only continues to grow. Richard Bloomer, a scientist who researches how safe and effective supplements are, told Business Insider that there are some products that do seem to have positive effects, while others are likely over-promising. Advertisement"There are many supplements that probably are not worth our time and money, but I think there are a lot of things that do have value.

Persons: —, Bryan Johnson, Richard Bloomer, Bloomer, vegans Organizations: Service, Business, American Medical Association, BI, B12

☆ Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk's startup Neuralink streamed a live video on Wednesday that showed a patient using the company's brain implant to move a mouse and play chess on a computer. A BCI is a system that deciphers brain signals and translates them into commands for external technologies. Dr. Nader Pouratian, chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center, said researchers have been developing and studying BCI technology for years. It is not clear how many patients are participating in Neuralink's trial, or what the trial is trying to demonstrate. There is reason to be hopeful about Neuralink's technology, said Dr. Marco Baptista, chief scientific officer of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, which provides resources to people who have become paralyzed.

Persons: Elon, Noland Arbaugh, Musk, Arbaugh, there's, Neuralink, Nader Pouratian, we've, Pouratian, Marco Baptista, Christopher, Dana Reeve, " Baptista Organizations: BCI, Blackrock, Neuroscience, SpaceX, Department of Neurological, UT Southwestern Medical Center, CNBC, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Dana Reeve Foundation, PubMed Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Synchron, U.S, Neuralink

☆ How an AI breakthrough from Alphabet's DeepMind 'changed scientific history' and could lead to new cures
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"AlphaFold has sparked a wave of innovation by showing people what's possible," said Chris Bahl, the chief scientist at AI Proteins, a Boston startup using AlphaFold to help develop drugs. "AlphaFold, amazing as it, is just the beginning," Demis Hassabis, the CEO of DeepMind, said on a podcast last year. AlphaFold2 was built with far more biological and physics knowledge of proteins, Jumper said. Next uses will be 'progressively harder' as DeepMind stays secretive on its future workJohn Jumper, a senior staff research scientist at DeepMind who helped develop AlphaFold. "But AI will also continue to progress rapidly, and the folks at DeepMind are very good, so I'm optimistic."

☆ Fact Check-Food products do not contain human fetal cells
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

There is no evidence that food products contain cells from aborted human fetuses as flavor enhancers, contrary to a social media claim that revives a related, previously-debunked charge about cells used in biomedical research. Research by Senomyx into the use of ‘HEK-293’ aborted human fetal cells as a flavor enhancer was published in Pubmed in 2002, after which several patents were filed by them. Reuters previously factchecked false claims that PepsiCo drinks contained aborted fetal cells. AN OLD CELL LINEThe controversial cell line is derived from fetal cells dating to the 1970s. There is no evidence that any food or beverage products contain cells from human fetuses or derived from fetuses.

☆ Fact Check-PCR test for COVID-19 uses gene cloning but cannot be used to clone humans
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits for COVID-19 use what’s known as gene cloning – not reproductive cloning – to detect the presence or absence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but social media posts claim that humans are being cloned using COVID-19 PCR tests. The claim appears to originate from an Aug. 18 segment of the Stew Peters Show titled, “Patent PCR Test Linked To Human Cloning Video Shows Animal Experiments, Cross Species Genetics” (here). The 2015 paper by Hoseini and Sauer explains methods for gene cloning with PCR and used a gene encoding a red fluorescent protein as its example. PCR tests for COVID-19 cannot be used for human cloning. Molecular cloning, or gene cloning, that is described in a 2015 paper about using PCR to copy individual genes is an entirely different process.

☆ Продукт, уничтожающий 85% раковых клеток в легких
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-23 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Рак легких определяется как неконтролируемое размножение аномальных клеток внутри легкого. Рак легких является наиболее распространенным злокачественным заболеванием в мире, занимая первое место среди раковых заболеваний у мужчин. У женщин, рак легких является второй наиболее распространенной формой злокачественной опухоли после рака молочной железы. Исследование, опубликованное на сайте Национального института здоровья PubMed, показало, что апигенин, вещество, содержащееся в петрушке, может уничтожить 86% клеток рака легких. Другое исследование, проведенное в Китае в 2005 году, показало, что апигенин из петрушки эффективен в борьбе с ростом раковых клеток.

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