CRISPR vs cholesterol: can gene editing prevent heart disease? Author style: Punchy — this is a potential one-and-done shift in cardiovascular prevention; read the detail if you care about the…
James Watson obituary: co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix who reshaped modern biology Summary James D. Watson (1928–2025) was a central — and contentious — figure in twentieth-century biology. He co-discovered…
Kazakhstan becomes latest country to ban ‘LGBT propaganda’ online Summary Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved a law banning what it calls “LGBT propaganda” in media and online. The measure outlaws distribution…
Baidu answers China’s call for home-grown silicon with custom AI accelerators Summary Baidu has unveiled a new generation of custom AI accelerators as China pushes to reduce dependence on Western…
States that aren’t nice to ICE still sharing key database full of personal info Summary Forty congressional Democrats led by Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Adriano Espaillat have warned 19…
The human touch: A CIO’s wake-up call on customer service AI Summary Sarah Amsler warns that widespread adoption of AI in customer service — often used as a cost-cutting measure…
Multi-omics analysis of a pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant Summary This study reports large-scale multi-omics profiling of a gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a brain-dead human recipient over a 61-day period.…
Physiology and immunology of pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant Summary This study reports a 61-day pig-to-human decedent kidney xenotransplant using an alpha-Gal knock-out pig kidney plus thymic autograft in a nephrectomised,…
Extra, extra, read all about it: Washington Post clobbered in Clop caper Summary The Washington Post has confirmed that nearly 10,000 current and former staff and contractors had personal data…
HPE details Vera Rubin blades for next-gen Cray supercomputers Summary HPE has revealed compute blade details for its next-generation Cray GX5000 supercomputing platform, due in racks from 2027. The new…
