A volunteer in New Zealand has become the first in the world to have their genes edited in order to lower their cholesterol. The experiment involved injecting a version of the gene-editing tool CRISPR in order to modify a single letter of DNA. According to the company, that tiny edit should be enough to permanently lower a person's levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol. The company believes the technique could eventually be used to prevent cardiovascular disease because the patient had an inherited risk for high cholesterol and was already suffering from heart disease. In the 10 years since it was developed, it has only been tested on people with rare diseases. It could signal the use of gene editing to prevent diseases. The full story can be read.
The first stunning picture taken by the James Webb Space Telescope has been released, depicting thousands of galaxies, some dating back more than 13 billion years. The image was unveiled by President Biden last night and shows a small portion of the sky. After the birth of the universe, the more remote galaxies were magnified into view and are now seen from the foreground. The full story is available to read.
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A new project is trying to make it easier to use artificial intelligence.
A new large language model called BLOOM has been gestating inside the French National Center for Scientific Research for over a year. BLOOM is designed to be as transparent as possible, with researchers sharing details about the data it was trained on in the hopes of making long- lasting changes in the culture of artificial intelligence development. The full story can be read.
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