biotech
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Amazing Crab Goo May Save Your Life One Day
The next time you go in for surgery, you might come out thanking a crab. New research from the Harvard Wyss Institute shows that chitosan, a fancy term for crustacean goo, can be used as a biodegradable glue to heal wounds and patch surgical incisions.
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Apple’s Health Experiment Is Riddled With Privacy Problems
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has partnered with Apple on a new clinical study on rheumatoid arthritis. The study relies on an iPhone app to collect data about arthritic symptoms from users as they go about their daily lives. That sounds great at first glance, but how well will it protect your privacy?
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The Number Of GMOs Worldwide Just Dropped For The First Time In Two Decades
For the past two decades, the number of genetically-modified crops has been steadily skyrocketing around the globe. Until 2015, when the number saw its first recorded drop. What’s going on?
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We Can Now Make Computer Chips Out Of Wood
Are you a human? If so, you probably threw away at least one electronic device last year, piling onto nearly 42 million tonnes of e-waste in 2014. Luckily, we’re a step closer to gadgets that could be more biodegradable: computer chips made almost entirely out of wood.