Researchers show how gut hormones control aging in flies and how it relates to human biology

Researchers show how gut hormones control aging in flies and how it relates to human biology

Biologists at Brown University have discovered how a neuropeptide hormone made in the gut of flies can control their lifespan. The findings, published in PNAS, have implications for humans, too, the researchers say — especially as new diabetes and obesity medications based on gut hormones in the same family of the fly hormone are becoming … Read more

Big Digital Tech Moves Into Synthetic Biology: The Generative AI Rush / Black Box Biotech P1/2

Big Digital Tech Moves Into Synthetic Biology: The Generative AI Rush / Black Box Biotech P1/2

Yves here. If you are the sort who has reservations about GMOs, you really won’t like synthetic biology, particularly the AI “we don’t really know how we got there” kind. GMOs have reduced diversity while also reducing fitness (as in less robustness to other threats aside from the one that was the target of the … Read more