#Bio

This Open Source Machine Learning Tool Predicts The Best Chemo Choice 80% of the time

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A new machine learning tool has been developed by bio-engineers at Georgia Tech. It can analyze a patients RNA and match them with the best chemo-drugs. It has matched patients to the best outcome 80% of the time. The team at Georgia Tech behind the tool - John...

New CRISPR Technique Repairs Genetic Mutations in Human Embryos

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Researchers have revealed a new CRISPR technique which might prevent humans from passing on a potentially life-threatening genetic disorder. Marfan Syndrome is estimated to affect 1-in-5,000 people worldwide. The genetic disorder causes issues with the body's connective tissue. Causing issues with everything from a person's eyes, to...

Bioengineered Lungs Grown in a Lab Transplanted Into Pigs

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The average wait in the UK for a lung transplant is three to six months. There are more patients need of lungs than there are available donor organ. Bioengineers at the University of Texas hope to change that. This week a team of researchers from University of Texas...