Tag Archives: Biotechnology and Bioengineering

The New York Times 1:49 pm on September 16, 2021
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How Biology is Getting a Technological Makeover

The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #computers-and-the-internet, #genetic-engineering, #ginkgo-bioworks-inc, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #start-ups, #synthetic-biology, #venture-capital

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 18, 2021
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How Superweeds Like Palmer Amaranth Are Changing Agriculture

Herbicides are losing the war — and agriculture might never be the same again.

#agriculture-and-farming, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #defoliants-and-herbicides, #genetically-modified-food-gmos, #kansas-state-university, #monsanto-company, #seeds, #weeds

The New York Times 4:12 pm on April 27, 2021
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Reinventing the Uterus, One Organoid at a Time

As a bioengineer, Linda Griffith once grew a human ear on the back of a mouse. Now she is reframing endometriosis — a “women’s disease” — as a key to unlocking some of biology’s greatest secrets.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #content-type-personal-profile, #endometriosis, #griffith-linda-g, #gynecology-and-gynecologists, #hysterectomies, #menstruation, #tissue-human, #women-and-girls, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 9, 2021
Tags: Biotechnology and Bioengineering, , , , , Rich, Nathaniel (1980- ), Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade (Book)   

Living in a World in Which Nature Has Already Lost

In “Second Nature,” Nathaniel Rich offers a tour of the ways humans have both conquered the natural world and been overwhelmed by the unintended consequences.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #books-and-literature, #genetic-engineering, #global-warming, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #rich-nathaniel-1980, #second-nature-scenes-from-a-world-remade-book

The New York Times 7:00 pm on March 15, 2021
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How to Lower Drug Prices

Biologic drugs rack up billions in annual U.S. sales. Here’s a solution to lower the costs.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #generic-brands-and-products, #humira-drug, #inventions-and-patents, #law-and-legislation, #prices-fares-fees-and-rates

The New York Times 5:24 pm on February 21, 2021
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My Wife Was Wary of My Lab-Made Dinner Party. The Faux Whiskey Won Her Over.

A slew of start-ups are engineering faux meats, eggs and dairy products that conjure a future in which we move from farm-to-table to lab-to-table.

#ava-food-labs-inc-endless-west, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #diamond-foundry-inc, #eat-just-inc, #food, #genetic-engineering, #graeters-inc, #meat, #perfect-day-inc, #veganism

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 17, 2020
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The Covid-19 Vaccine Doesn’t Mean Big Pharma Is Your Savior

Heroic work went into the development of the coronavirus vaccines. But that doesn’t mean this industry deserves your affection.

#astrazeneca-plc, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #moderna-inc, #national-institutes-of-health, #oxford-university, #pfizer-inc, #public-private-sector-cooperation, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 3:27 pm on December 7, 2020
Tags: , Biotechnology and Bioengineering, , Kac, Eduardo, Knight, Grace, , Pelling, Andrew E, , Telhan, Orkan   

Steaks Grown From Human Cells Spark Interest and Outrage

An artist project offering an absurdist take on the lab-grown meat industry triggers a debate and backlash in London.

#art, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #design-museum-london-england, #kac-eduardo, #knight-grace, #meat, #pelling-andrew-e, #philadelphia-museum-of-art, #telhan-orkan

The New York Times 1:00 pm on October 27, 2020
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In a Battered New York Office Market, Life Science Is Flourishing

With state and city government support, developers are building laboratories for medical research and incubator spaces for biotech start-ups amid the race for a coronavirus vaccine.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #real-estate-commercial, #science-and-technology

The New York Times 5:58 pm on October 7, 2020
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Book Review: ‘Editing Humanity,’ by Kevin Davies

In “Editing Humanity,” Kevin Davies offers an account of Crispr at a moment when its leading American researcher has just won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #books-and-literature, #crispr-dna, #davies-kevin, #doudna-jennifer-a, #editing-humanity-the-crispr-revolution-and-the-new-era-of-genome-editing-book, #he-jiankui, #zhang-feng-1982

The New York Times 7:00 am on September 1, 2020
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These Scientists Are Giving Themselves D.I.Y. Coronavirus Vaccines

Impatient for a coronavirus vaccine, dozens of scientists around the world are giving themselves — and sometimes, friends and family — their own unproven versions.

#antibodies, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #church-george-m, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #do-it-yourself, #ethics-and-official-misconduct, #harvard-university, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #research, #science-and-technology, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #vaccination-and-immunization, #washington-state, #your-feed-healthcare

The New York Times 5:15 pm on June 24, 2020
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Roundup Maker to Pay $10 Billion to Settle Cancer Suits

Bayer faced tens of thousands of claims linking the weedkiller to cases of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Some of the money is set aside for future cases.

#agriculture-and-farming, #bayer-ag, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #cancer, #chemicals, #defoliants-and-herbicides, #feinberg-kenneth-r, #hazardous-and-toxic-substances, #monsanto-company, #suits-and-litigation-civil

The New York Times 2:21 pm on June 3, 2020
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Tests for Coronavirus Vaccine Need This Ingredient: Horseshoe Crabs

Modern medicine still depends on this animal’s blood to test for bacteria in vaccines. And an alternative test requires further study.

#bacteria, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #cape-cod-mass, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #eli-lilly-and-company, #europe, #food-and-drug-administration, #lonza-ag, #moderna-inc, #product-tests, #united-states, #vaccination-and-immunization, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 3:01 pm on May 23, 2020
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How Upbeat Vaccine News Fueled a Stock Surge, and an Uproar

The desperate hunt for treatments and vaccines has changed how researchers, regulators, drug companies like Moderna, investors and journalists do their jobs.

#academic-and-scientific-journals, #biorxiv, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #gilead-sciences-inc, #medrxiv, #moderna-inc, #news-and-news-media, #remdesivir-drug, #research, #science-and-technology, #stocks-and-bonds, #vaccination-and-immunization, #your-feed-healthcare

The New York Times 2:00 am on May 21, 2020
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Trump’s Vaccine Chief Has Vast Ties to Drug Industry, Posing Possible Conflicts

Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive, is now overseeing the U.S. initiative to development coronavirus treatments and vaccines. His financial interests and corporate roles have come under scrutiny.

#appointments-and-executive-changes, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #boards-of-directors, #conflicts-of-interest, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #ethics-and-official-misconduct, #glaxosmithkline-plc, #health-and-human-services-department, #moderna-inc, #research, #sanofi-sa, #securities-and-exchange-commission, #slaoui-moncef-m, #stocks-and-bonds, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #vaccination-and-immunization, #venture-capital, #your-feed-healthcare

The New York Times 3:17 pm on May 15, 2020
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New Coronavirus Vaccine Czar Says Finding One by January Is a ‘Credible’ Goal

Moncef Slaoui, a former pharmaceutical executive the White House chose to lead a crash development program, acknowledged that the 12-18 month timeline cited by Dr. Anthony Fauci was already “very aggressive.”

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #slaoui-moncef-m, #trump-donald-j, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 9:39 pm on May 7, 2020
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Moderna Gets OK to Start Larger Trial for a Coronavirus Vaccine

The company announced that the Food and Drug Administration had cleared its application to proceed to a clinical trial involving about 600 people.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #food-and-drug-administration, #moderna-inc, #vaccination-and-immunization, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 2:48 pm on May 5, 2020
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With Crispr, a Possible Quick Test for the Coronavirus

A pioneer of the gene-editing technology has devised a diagnostic test for the infection that could be as simple as a pregnancy test.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #crispr-dna, #dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid, #nature-journal, #tests-medical, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science, #zhang-feng-1982

The New York Times 9:06 am on May 4, 2020
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China’s Coronavirus Vaccine Drive Empowers a Troubled Industry

By some measures, it is winning the race, with four companies already testing their vaccine candidates on humans.

#biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #china, #clinical-trials, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #defective-products, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #politics-and-government, #vaccination-and-immunization

The New York Times 11:46 pm on April 24, 2020
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Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results?

A team of scientists worked around the clock to evaluate 14 antibody tests. A few worked as advertised. Most did not.

#antibodies, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #marson-alexander, #massachusetts-general-hospital, #san-francisco-bay-area-calif, #tests-medical, #university-of-california-berkeley, #university-of-california-san-francisco, #your-feed-science

The New York Times 2:16 pm on April 13, 2020
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Putin’s Long War Against American Science

A decade of health disinformation promoted by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has sown wide confusion, hurt major institutions and encouraged the spread of deadly illnesses.

#biological-and-chemical-warfare, #biotechnology-and-bioengineering, #blogs-and-blogging-internet, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #espionage-and-intelligence-services, #fringe-groups-and-movements, #influenza, #medicine-and-health, #news-and-news-media, #putin-vladimir-v, #rt-tv-network, #rt-america-tv-network, #rumors-and-misinformation, #social-media, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-international-relations, #vaccination-and-immunization, #your-feed-health, #your-feed-science