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AI can design and run thousands of lab experiments without human hands. Humanity isn’t ready for the new risks this brings to biology
Faster protein engineering could mean faster responses to emerging infections and cheaper drugs.
The dual-use problem
Researchers have raised concerns that these same AI tools could be misused, a challenge known as the dual-use problem: Technologies developed for beneficial purposes can also be repurposed to cause harm.
TRUE-MOGAD ScoreA Novel Scoring System to Identify MOGAD Among Positive MOG-IgG Test Results
This study shows that a TRUE-MOGAD score of 2 or more accurately predicts MOGAD in patients with MOG-IgG titers of 1:20 or higher using the described assay. Read more.
Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies (MOG-IgG) are a biomarker of MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD). However, false positives remain common. We aimed to develop a scoring tool to guide interpretation.
Scientists Are Engineering Plants to Glow in the Dark. They Could Soon Light Our Cities
Using gene-editing technology, scientists and start-ups are aiming to provide electricity-free illumination.
3D-printed metamaterials that stretch and fail by design
MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) offers a world-class education that combines thorough analysis with hands-on discovery. One of the original six courses offered when MIT was founded, MechE faculty and students conduct research that pushes boundaries and provides creative solutions for the world’s problems.
Project Zomboid identifies and bans over a dozen Steam Workshop mods containing ‘heavily obfuscated code’ that was ‘creating malicious files’
The exploit only affected Build 42 branches of Project Zomboid (the game’s current ‘unstable’ testing release), so if you’re on Build 41, you were “not vulnerable to this specific issue,” the dev said. While The Indie Stone hasn’t determined what the malicious files were actually doing, “we strongly recommend that anyone who downloaded them take appropriate security measures to ensure their system is safe. Simply uninstalling the mods is not sufficient.”
If you use mods in Project Zomboid, check them against the list below to determine if you’ve downloaded and run any of these mods, which all look to be sound or music-related.
Lab-grown pineal gland organoids produce melatonin, offering a new sleep model
Organoids are miniature, simplified versions of an organ. Over the past two decades, scientists have developed them for the gut, lung, liver, mammary gland, brain, and more. Now, researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) have organoid-ized the pineal gland, a small structure in the brain that regulates sleep patterns through its production of the hormone melatonin.
In a study published in Cell Stem Cell, the researchers demonstrate how pineal gland organoids can be used to study sleep dysfunction in conditions like Angelman syndrome, autism, and depression.
“In a number of neuropsychiatric conditions, severe sleep problems are a major symptom,” says In-Hyun Park, Ph.D., associate professor of genetics at YSM and senior author of the study. “With pineal gland organoids, we may be able to uncover the causes of those sleep disturbances and possibly identify treatments.”