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Seattle-based Shape Therapeutics raises $112M to develop RNA-editing and gene therapies

July 17, 2021 by admin

Shape CEO Francois Vigneault. (Shape photo) Shape Therapeutics, a Seattle preclinical biotech company developing RNA editing and gene therapy technologies, has raised $ 112 million. The company’s RNA editing technologies come from the laboratory of co-founder Prashant Mali, a bio-engineer at the University of California, San Diego, who sits on Shape’s scientific advisory board. Shape … Read more

Scientists develop method to recycle plastic bottles into aviation fuel using less energy

June 4, 2021 by admin

A team led by Washington State University has developed a process to turn polyethylene or number 1 plastic bottles into jet fuel. (Michael Coghlan photo via Creative Commons) Humans produce more than 6 billion tons of plastic each year, and its buildup in landfills and oceans is viewed by many as an environmental crisis. Only … Read more

Bodycam footage released as protests develop

April 21, 2021 by admin

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Police shot and killed a young girl in Columbus on Tuesday just before a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of the death of George Floyd last year. In an unprecedented move, Columbus police later showed body cameras of an officer who shot the girl, who was black, as she … Read more

Hospitals develop new ways to move around patients

March 11, 2021 by admin

A hospital system manages the distribution of patients in its hospitals in an arrangement that arose out of an insane struggle to move patients when COVID-19 struck. (March 11)