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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 2d

Read this item by TB researcher whose grant got cancelled as 'dangerous gain of function.'

Ironic, because the administration (RFK), has promoted whole‑virus vaccines, whose development, especially if they are attenuated, probably relies on very similar techniques.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 9d

69.97% certain he's referencing something he heard from people with relevant expertise. IVF clinics have nothing if not aneuploid embryos at hand.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 9d

anyway, FYI, here is a person will billions in crypto proposing something (unspecified) about trisomy KO on the other site.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 9d

Right. I am not sure of the tactic, but you can see it's interesting to strategize how to get rid of a trisomy.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 13d

I see the figures thanks for the link.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 14d

My q has been: i rob(14;21) such as case? Based on the chart seems like if a carrier generated many embryos some would be unaffected?

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 14d

cool. evo theory. These robs are a potential target of CRISPR. Use it to shred the extra bit (in zygote i guess). Some seek a situation/justification where germline editing would be *necessary* to obtain a healthy embryo (i.e. can't be done via embryo selection).

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 14d

thanks for posting. this is a very confusing phenomenon

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · 21d

Here come the first "generative" genomes. Folks at the Arc Institute used an AI trained on DNA sequence to propose code for novel bacteriophage genomes.

Of the 302 they synthesized, 16 actually worked--replicating and killing E. Coli.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start

www.technologyreview.com

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Niall Firth @niallfirth.bsky.social · 21d

Can AI create a life form? These "generative" genomes are a start. New from @antonioregalado.bsky.social

www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...

AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria

Can AI create a life form? These "generative" genomes are a start

www.technologyreview.com

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Dr. David Boulware, MD MPH @drboulware.bsky.social · Jun 24

Can anyone find a Berman MF et al. Neurotoxicology 2008; 29(5), 914–922 ?

This is a fake citation.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neur...

www.sciencedirect.com

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 10

yeah. thanks. it does sound like that is what she is saying.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 10

can you point me to where she makes this claim made? thanks. just want to see the source because..interesting if true.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 9

how do you know Musk employed gender selection.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 6

World famous synthetic embryo scientist stopped while entering U.S.

Agent: Any embryos in your luggage?

Scientist: One sec.

[Opens guideline booklet of the International Society for Stem Cell Research.]

Scientist: Nope, just 3-D structures derived from pluripotent stem cells.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 6

I call it business-casual eugenics

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 6

glenn cohen commented recently that rules like that in the rider are surpassingly difficult to change. he presented at the "Observatory" meeting with a live reading of the rider. It was the first time I really appreciated it.

Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 5

For example, just this year an SEC lawsuit against Coinbase--for trading unregistered securities--was dismissed, reflecting a favorable re-assessment of crypto, from crime coin to real money.

Similarly, online gambling + marijuana. from illegal to legal

CRISPR babies next?

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · Jun 5

Coinbase CEO, net worth ~$10B, wants to start definitive embryo editing company in the US.

Making a gene-edit baby is prohibited in most of the world.

But the winds can change.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/05/1...

Crypto billionaire Brian Armstrong is ready to invest in CRISPR baby tech

The stigmatized idea could get a massive boost from “tech bros”—and some scientists are cheering them on.

www.technologyreview.com

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · May 29

good one.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · May 29

OMG. Government "Make America Healthy Again" report has references to non-existent papers, suggesting US medical policy is partly plagiarized AI slop.

Calling on author, NIH director @drjbhattacharya.bsky.social‬ to issue correction + investigate AI plagiarism

www.notus.org/health-scien...

The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist

The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.

www.notus.org

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · May 27

Japanese company to remove anachronisms from corporate names. What other companies have anachronisms in their names or logos?

Peter Landers @peterjlanders.bsky.social · May 9

About 70 years after people stopped using the telegraph, a Japanese company is removing the word from its name. Also getting rid of “Telephone.” group.ntt/en/newsrelea...

group.ntt

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Cathy Gao-Howard MD MS @catgaohow.bsky.social · May 18

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · May 7

This individual has a "voice clone" that reads text in his voice. It is a subscription service from Eleven Labs. So it's possible if he doesnt pay he cant use "his" voice. Further, there are Terms & Conditions. You can't use the voice to say naughty things.

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Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado.bsky.social · May 7

Patient was posting from a Musk implant, with the help of Musk's AI, on a Musk media platform and in reply to a Musk fanboy, if not actually the “alt” of the richest person in the world. So it’s fair to ask: Where does patient end and Musk’s ecosystem begin?
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/07/1...

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