Archive for the 'Biotechnology' Category
Aided by Machine Learning, Scientists Find a Novel Antibiotic Able to Kill Superbugs in Mice
February 21st, 2020Via: STAT: A study published Thursday in the journal Cell describes how researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology used machine learning to identify a molecule that appears capable of countering some of the world’s most formidable pathogens. When tested in mice, the molecule, dubbed halicin, effectively treated the gastrointestinal bug Clostridium difficile (C. diff), […]
Coronavirus Infections Outside Of China Are Growing Exponentially
February 20th, 2020Via: Peak Prosperity:
Cruise Ship Is a Coronavirus Factory
February 19th, 2020Via: The Times: Japan’s incompetent quarantining of thousands of passengers on a British cruise ship created a “coronavirus machine” that risks further spreading the disease, one of the country’s leading experts has said. Kentaro Iwata, a professor of infectious disease, condemned the decision to release most of the passengers following two weeks of quarantine today […]
How China Is Working to Quarantine the Truth About the Coronavirus
February 19th, 2020“Censorship, diversion, and lying.” Google’s core principals? *I crack myself up* This piece is useful in understanding state behavior, in general, and their large, lapdog media and social networking organizations. Via: DefenseOne: In its battle to contain the coronavirus, the Chinese government has undertaken a wide range of measures, from shutting down cities to using […]
China Deploys 40 Mobile Incinerators to Wuhan
February 19th, 2020In other news: China’s Coronavirus Figures Don’t Add Up. ‘This Never Happens With Real Data’: A statistical analysis of China’s coronavirus casualty data shows a near-perfect prediction model that data analysts say isn’t likely to naturally occur, casting doubt over the reliability of the numbers being reported to the World Health Organization. … Barron’s re-created […]
A Virus Called Wuhan-400 Causes Outbreak in Dean Koontz Thriller from 1981
February 17th, 2020Via: South China Morning Post: The Eyes of Darkness, a 1981 thriller by bestselling suspense author Dean Koontz, tells of a Chinese military lab that creates a virus as part of its biological weapons programme. The lab is located in Wuhan, which lends the virus its name, Wuhan-400.
3D Printing Is Changing the World
February 16th, 2020Bio-inspired metal object printing. Via: Vice:
Diamond Princess: Another 70 People Test Positive for Coronavirus on Ship in Japan
February 15th, 2020Via: Reuters: Another 70 people on board a quarantined cruise ship in Japan have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases from the vessel to 355, Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato said on Sunday. The Diamond Princess, owned by Carnival Corp, has been quarantined since arriving in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, […]
U.S. Military Prepping for Coronavirus Pandemic
February 13th, 2020Via: Military Times: U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week. An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command and geographic […]
China Admits Huge Jump In New Coronavirus Infections And Deaths
February 12th, 2020I always triple “bad news” numbers from China. Minimum. Which wouldn’t have been enough in this case. Maybe 3Xing from this latest admission might be the way to go? It’s hard to know since all the diabolical Chinese regime does is lie. Via: ZeroHedge: And just like that we are back on the quadratic growth […]
