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New GWAS research found genetic links between poor math ability and most psychiatric disorders. Links between strong language ability and schizophrenia and employment in creative professions were also found.
#Comment: They measure genetic predictors of only 30,982 individuals in "school performance" which is a strange metric awarded by a strange institution, and then ignore the complex web of influences and make bold claims. Pathways to eu-gene-ics?
"There are no genes 'for intelligence.' Mutations in thousands of genes indirectly and non-specifically affect intelligence." - From Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are, by Kevin Mitchell, Princeton University Press (2018).
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Who gets to define what is normal?
"Insanity - a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world."
"There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact & the social fact a political event."
Quotes from R.D.Laing's "The Politics of Experience" (1967).
Image: The Cognitive Disorder Atlas
"A useful tool to understand some clinically relevant relationships between brain structure and focal neuropsychological syndromes"
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"Scientists grow human brain cells in rats to study diseases"
#Comment: Despite all ethical arguments, human-animal chimera research is advancing rapidly. What is possible & likely being done behind closed doors, has eclipsed the public imagination by far.
Art: Human-Mouse Chimera - An Experiment Gone Wrong - by Daisy Stapleton
Related: Ethical arguments concerning human-animal chimera research: a systematic review -
Your clones are for research purposes only. Please do not sleep with them.
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A memory prosthesis could restore memory in people with damaged brains - Brain electrodes designed to mimic the hippocampus appear to boost the encoding of memories—and are twice as effective in people with poor memory.
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Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors ... induction of interbrain neuronal synchrony in the medial prefrontal cortex shapes social interaction within groups of mice.
Implantable Micro-Light-Emitting Diode (µLED)-based optogenetic interfaces toward human applications
Wireless activation of targeted brain circuits in less than one second - Neuroengineers use magnetic fields to activate neurons in fruit flies
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Scientists create world’s first ‘synthetic embryos’ - "Researchers use stem cells from mice to form embryo-like structures with intestinal tract, beginnings of a brain, and a beating heart"
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‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples - CDC study finds glyphosate, ingredient found in weedkillers including popular Roundup brand, present in samples.
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Expanded alphabet, precise sequencing make DNA the next data storage solution
Adding seven new letters to DNA’s molecular alphabet and developing a precise readout method enabled Illinois researchers to transform the double helix into a robust, sustainable data storage platform fit for the Information Age.
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"Safe and effective" - Pfizer vaccine data is released - Part of what Pfizer wanted to keep sealed until 2097. Of particular interest is page 30 and the following 9 dense pages describing adverse reactions.
Related: Critical Survey on Deaths & Injuries from Covid-19 Jabs by Professor Mark Skidmore
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Intracellular Reverse Transcription of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine BNT162b2 In Vitro in Human Liver Cell Line - by Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden et.al
Summary: A mainstream study from Sweden showing the Pfizer vaccine penetrates the cells changing RNA to DNA in 6 hours (reverse transcription), causing genomic toxicity ("human genome editing"). Translation: You all got turned into a Big Pharma GMO product that could express the cytotoxic spike protein for the rest of your lives and could also pass it onto your children. Also possibly cancerous. Why were there no tests for biosafety? The biggest stealth crime against humanity ever?
Abstract: Preclinical studies of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2, developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, showed reversible hepatic effects in animals that received the BNT162b2 injection. Furthermore, a recent study showed that SARS-CoV-2 RNA can be reverse-transcribed and integrated into the genome of human cells. In this study, we investigated the effect of BNT162b2 on the human liver cell line Huh7 in vitro. Huh7 cells were exposed to BNT162b2, and quantitative PCR was performed on RNA extracted from the cells. We detected high levels of BNT162b2 in Huh7 cells and changes in gene expression of long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1), which is an endogenous reverse transcriptase. Immunohistochemistry using antibody binding to LINE-1 open reading frame-1 RNA-binding protein (ORFp1) on Huh7 cells treated with BNT162b2 indicated increased nucleus distribution of LINE-1. PCR on genomic DNA of Huh7 cells exposed to BNT162b2 amplified the DNA sequence unique to BNT162b2. Our results indicate a fast up-take of BNT162b2 into human liver cell line Huh7, leading to changes in LINE-1 expression and distribution. We also show that BNT162b2 mRNA is reverse transcribed intracellularly into DNA in as fast as 6 h upon BNT162b2 exposure.
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Researchers regrow frog's lost leg
In a study published in the journal Science Advances, scientists at Tufts University and Harvard University's Wyss Institute have brought us a step closer to the goal of regenerative medicine. On adult frogs, which are naturally unable to regenerate limbs, the researchers were able to trigger regrowth of a lost leg using a five-drug cocktail applied in a silicone wearable bioreactor dome that seals in the elixir over the stump for just 24 hours. That brief treatment sets in motion an 18-month period of regrowth that restores a functional leg.
