U.S. Lobbyists Prepare to Seize “Historic Opportunity” in Tory-Led Brexit to Shred Consumer Safeguards, Raise Drug Prices
▻https://theintercept.com/2019/12/09/brexit-american-trade-deal-boris-johnson
Boris Johnson’s election on December 12 hinges on the British prime minister’s promise to leave the European Union. Johnson has remade the Conservative Party, pushing out longtime party members wary of a firm break from the EU, to cast the election as a chance to build a parliamentary majority focused on finalizing Brexit. The original Brexit referendum that passed in June 2016 pitted populists against the establishment, with banks funneling huge amounts of money to oppose the referendum, (...)
#MPAA #Ford #Salesforce.com #élections #législation #bénéfices #BigData #BigPharma #consommation #data #lobbying #santé (...)
]]>CRISPR might soon create spicy tomatoes by switching on their chili genes - MIT Technology Review
▻https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612721/the-next-feat-for-crispr-might-be-spicy-tomatoes-made-with-chili-g
Looking for perfect heat and lots of it? Gene engineers in Brazil think they might be able to create eye-watering tomatoes.
Hot stuff: Even though chili peppers and tomato plants diverged from a common ancestor millions of years ago, tomatoes still possess the genetic pathway needed to make capsaicinoids, the molecules that make chilis hot.
Now, Agustin Zsögön from the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil writes in the journal Trends in Plant Science that gene-editing tools like CRISPR could turn it back on.
Spicy biofactories: Tomatoes are much easier to grow than peppers, so making them hot could turn them into spice factories. “Capsaicinoids are very valuable compounds; they are used in [the] weapons industry for pepper spray, they are also used for anaesthetics [and] there is some research showing that they promote weight loss,” he told the Guardian.
Strange fruit: Tomatoes are not the first food that scientists have suggested could be given an unusual new twist using CRISPR. Sweeter strawberries, non-browning mushrooms, and tastier ground-cherries have all been either attempted or mooted in the past.
]]>The #future with technology : #2 #biopayments.
▻https://hackernoon.com/the-future-with-technology-2-biopayments-c39eae18ac5b?source=rss----3a81
How we can make biopayments main stream and build an eco system around it.▻https://www.rawpixel.com/image/733Imagine if we can receive (pay for) certain services by doing some exercise, donating blood, getting some tests done, or running a mile wearing a comfortable pair of shoes. Welcome to biopayments. Biopayments can be simply defined as #payments made by performing some activity which is beneficial to both the parties. It has also started in some countries where you can get a train ticket by doing a couple of sit-ups. Interesting ways to keep the citizens healthy.In Russia, 30 Squats Will Get You a Train TicketThere can be multiple areas of implementation of biopayments. The idea should be to build an ecosystem around it and engage the public in doing simple stuff.Biopayments have been (...)
]]>Why We Should Teach Kids to Code Biology, Not Just Software - Singularity HUB
▻http://singularityhub.com/2016/04/07/we-should-be-teaching-kids-to-code-biology-not-just-software
Domesticating biotechnology means bringing it to the masses, and that means we’d have even less control over it than when it was limited to university or government funded labs.
The answer to Dyson’s first question seems clear: This trend is not going to stop. There’s too much momentum. We have learned too much about how to control our own biology to turn back.
And this is all the more reason to teach the next generation early on about the power and ethics of rewriting the code of life.
]]>Why your streetlights won’t be replaced by glowing trees any time soon #biotechnology #light #cost
▻http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/why-your-streetlights-wont-be-replaced-by-glowing-trees-anytime-soon