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Transplanting a Gene Common in Centenarians Could Rewind The Heart's Age by Years
Source: Science Alert Age catches up with us all eventually, but in some people the right genes can make that chase into our twilight years a relatively leisurely one.
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ChatGPT and learning design: what online content creation opportunities does it offer?
Source: Times Higher Education A guide to how ChatGPT and other AI writers can be used to help learning designers and faculty create course content more efficiently.
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Microsoft will let companies create their own custom versions of ChatGPT, source says
Source: CNBC Microsoft is planning to let companies, schools and governments create their own chatbots with OpenAI's ChatGPT for purposes like customer service.
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Critics of risky virus studies launch nonprofit to push for research halt, tighter safety rules
Source: Science Group says strict laws are needed to prevent a lab-caused pandemic.
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Journal declines to retract fish research paper despite fraud finding
Source: Science Researcher’s university had found fabrication and called for retraction.
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IBM Demonstrates Groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence Research Using Foundational Models And Generative AI
Source: Forbes Vice President of AI & Quantum Computing, Paul Smith-Goodson, dives in as he sheds light on the life-saving potential of AI by examining its practical applications in the creation of new antibiotics and other scientific AI tools.
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‘It is a balance’: Scientists grapple with ethics of cutting-edge stem cell research
Source: STAT News Stem cell scientists cautioned that focusing on the potential misuse of their work, rather than the good that can come from it, could be counterproductive.
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Advocates urge NC-SARA to add more consumer protections for online students
Source: Higher Ed Dive A dozen policy wonks and higher ed groups are calling for changes at NC-SARA, an organization controlling a key interstate distance learning pact.
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Top FDA official interested in ‘Project Orbis’ for cell and gene therapies
Source: RAPS A top official from the US FDA said he wants to see something similar to the agency’s Project Orbis program developed for cell and gene therapies.
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Now for sale: Data on your mental health
Source: Washington Post For years, data brokers have collected and resold Americans’ personal information. But the pandemic-fueled rise telehealth and therapy apps has spurred an even more contentious product line: Americans’ mental health data.
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