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Healthcare

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A single injection that can alter the course of a genetic disease
Collectively rare diseases are very common when you add them all up because there are many thousands of them and 80% of those rare diseases have a genetic basis. A solution works in a similar way to the Covid vaccine made by AstraZeneca. It uses a harmless virus to take a genetic message into the body. And that vector system is used to then ferry that genetic payload intravenously to the liver where it takes up residence, and hopefully, after a single injection, corrects that person's genetic abnormality for the rest of their life. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/gene-therapy-rare-diseases/101405506
12 September 2022 by IdeaSpies

Healthcare

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Free health check at a pharmacy
Just visited the Priceline Bondi Junction Pharmacy that has a machine to give you a free health check in 4 mins. You can check body mass and blood pressure to see any warning signs. Results are shown on the screen and you can sign up to an app afterwards to keep track of them. It was a good experience and a good reason to visit a Priceline Pharmacy.
12 September 2022 by IdeaSpies

AI

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A treasure trove for drug development
DeepMind and its partners have unveiled the likely structures of nearly all known proteins: more than 200 million from b
12 September 2022 by IdeaSpies

Climate

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Restoring ocean health
Restoring global whale populations has the equivalent impact as planting 100bn trees. What they eat turns to poop. The poop create
11 September 2022 by IdeaSpies

Industrial

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New hard hat technology
A new generation of hard hats is promising better protection against on-the-job concussions, also known as mild traumatic brain
10 September 2022 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Personal care products that reduce waste
Your traditional hand, body, shampoo and conditioner is 90% water and 10% active ingredients. Essentially, we're just shipping and storing diluted water and plastic across the world. This results in tonnes of carbon emission and billions of single-use plastic waste. It makes no sense.   Baresop has a patented technology that crystallizes only active ingredients into a concentrated plant-based powder to foam soap that makes it easy for you to reduce your plastic waste and carbon footprint without compromising your everyday personal care experience. https://baresop.com/
7 September 2022 by IdeaSpies