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A.I. Can Produce Images of Your Face Using Only Genetic Data

A.I. Can Produce Images of Your Face Using Only Genetic Data
What if a computer could generate a realistic image of your face using only your genetic information? That's precisely the technology researchers at Human Longevity, a San-Diego based company with the world's largest genomic database, claim to have developed. The team, led by genome-sequencing pioneer Craig Venter, reported their findings in a controversial paper published in the journal Proceedings of the National…
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How a Blue Pill Is Stopping the Spread of HIV

How a Blue Pill Is Stopping the Spread of HIV
Kyle, a 29-year-old Sydneysider, never knew a time when HIV wasn’t a persistent and pernicious threat — until he began popping a pill to prevent it. The blue, oval-shaped antiviral tablet, known as Truvada, that Kyle takes daily is the subject of a study in Australia’s New South Wales state that, in less than a…
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Feds shouldn’t change Florida panther protections

Feds shouldn’t change Florida panther protections
Someone should tell the rest of Florida’s panthers they can come home. Even though there’s just an estimated 230 Florida panthers still in existence, federal regulators are reconsidering their status as an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying whether a slight uptick in panther population since 2014 is enough to change…
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Under Trump budget, Florida water could get a lot dirtier

Under Trump budget, Florida water could get a lot dirtier
Florida stands to lose up to $600 million that over the last five years has helped keep beaches poop-free, cleaned up pollution from old chemical spills and tracked leaks in thousands of underground storage tanks, according to a tally of Environmental Protection Agency budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump. In a study released Tuesday, the Environmental…
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The Greeks really do have near-mythical origins, ancient DNA reveals

The Greeks really do have near-mythical origins, ancient DNA reveals
Ever since the days of Homer, Greeks have long idealized their Mycenaean “ancestors” in epic poems and classic tragedies that glorify the exploits of Odysseus, King Agamemnon, and other heroes who went in and out of favor with the Greek gods. Although these Mycenaeans were fictitious, scholars have debated whether today’s Greeks descend from the…
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Scientists Precisely Edit DNA In Human Embryos To Fix A Disease Gene

Scientists Precisely Edit DNA In Human Embryos To Fix A Disease Gene
Scientists have been tinkering with the DNA in humans and other living things for decades. But one thing has long been considered off-limits: modifying human DNA in any way that could be passed down for generations. Now, an international team of scientists reports they have, for the first time, figured out a way to successfully edit the…
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Brain cells found to control aging

Brain cells found to control aging
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that stem cells in the brain's hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body. The finding, made in mice, could lead to new strategies for warding off age-related diseases and extending lifespan. The paper was published online today in Nature. The hypothalamus was known to regulate…
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Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida

Potentially lethal parasite rat lungworm found throughout Florida
University of Florida researchers have found rat lungworm, a parasitic nematode that can cause meningitis in humans and animals, in five Florida counties. Rats and snails in Alachua, Leon, St. Johns, Orange and Hillsborough counties tested positive for the parasite, according to a study in PLoS ONE by researchers in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine and…
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In saliva, clues to a ‘ghost’ species of ancient human

In saliva, clues to a ‘ghost’ species of ancient human
In saliva, scientists have found hints that a "ghost" species of archaic humans may have contributed genetic material to ancestors of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa today. The research adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting that sexual rendezvous between different archaic human species may not have been unusual. Past studies have concluded that…
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Is Southwest Florida water quality better this summer?

Is Southwest Florida water quality better this summer?
Back in 2016, Southwest Florida had issues with clean water due to heavy rainfall in our area, which caused overflowing discharges from Lake Okeechobee. The water appeared murky and brown which affected people coming to the beach. "It was stained. You couldn't really see anything. We take people up in the air and even they…
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