Yesterday, the World Health Organization wrapped up its first meeting of a new advisory committee set up to create global governance and oversight standards for human gene editing. The committee was hastily pulled together in December after the revelation last year that a Chinese scientist had genetically modified two embryos using CRISPR technology to remove the […]
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Aiming to change the way people take medicine, Lyndra Therapeutics raises $55 million
A little over two years after Lyndra Therapeutics Inc. first unveiled its technology for time-delayed drug delivery through a simple pill, the company has raised $55 million to continue developing the technology for public consumption. By creating a new kind of ultra long-acting drug delivery mechanism in pills, the company claims it can remove the […]
View More Aiming to change the way people take medicine, Lyndra Therapeutics raises $55 millionSingapore says personal details of 14,200 HIV patients were posted online
For the second time inside a year, private health information belonging to people in Singapore has been compromised. Following a hack disclosed last summer that affected the patient records of up to 1.5 million citizens, Singapore’s Ministry of Health revealed today that personal details and the HIV-positive status of 14,200 people were posted online by a convinced […]
View More Singapore says personal details of 14,200 HIV patients were posted onlineBritish MP shares that he’s HIV positive in powerful speech in parliament
A British member of parliament has given a deeply personal and arresting speech, disclosing his HIV positive status and calling on more funding for HIV prevention medication.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown, shared that he …
A scientist claims to have made the world’s first gene-edited babies — Sharp Science
Professor He Jiankui claims that he successfully altered the DNA of twins in order to make them immune to HIV. The scientist from China made the announcement through a YouTube video earlier this week, and has subsequently sparked moral concerns. …
View More A scientist claims to have made the world’s first gene-edited babies — Sharp ScienceHospital in China denies links to world’s first gene-edited babies
News of the world’s first ever gene-edited human babies being born in China caused a huge stir on Monday after the MIT Technology Review and the Associated Press brought the project to light. People in and outside China rushed to question the ethical implications of the scientific breakthrough, reportedly the fruit of a Chinese researcher named He Jiankui from a university […]
View More Hospital in China denies links to world’s first gene-edited babiesGrindr, other dating apps are working to add STD notification features
Popular dating apps could soon help stop the spread of record high STD infections among their users.
Grindr and other primarily gay dating apps are exploring ways to add the ability for people who test positive for an STD to notify partners using the…
Grindr is sending all kinds of user data to third-party companies, including HIV status
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Grindr has a communication problem.
The social networking app used by 3.6 million people has been doing more than simply facilitating hookups, and in the process has potentially put the privacy of its users at risk.
According a report from BuzzFeed News, the company is sharing user data with two other companies — data that includes email addresses, GPS data, phone IDs, and HIV statuses. Taken as a whole, this information could be used to determine the HIV status of individuals by name.
After all, how many of you use some form of your real name as your email address? This, paired with your phone ID and GPS location, is likely more than enough to peg data to a specific person. What’s more, even if Grindr doesn’t have specific health data on you, this information might be enough to identify you as a user of a queer-focused app. Read more…
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View More Grindr is sending all kinds of user data to third-party companies, including HIV statusThis new Grindr feature could persuade users to regularly get tested for HIV
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Grindr, the most widely-used dating app for gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people at 3.6 million daily users, may have figured out a way to increase the number of millennials who are regularly tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. On Monday, the company announced a new feature on its app that reminds users of all ages to get tested every three or six months.
This new feature is especially important in light of recent findings that show HIV diagnoses in U.S. millennial populations aren’t declining. Overall, HIV diagnoses have flattened out, which isn’t necessarily bad news — but, according to doctors, it’s not good news either. Among young people in the U.S., there are still over 15,000 new reported cases each year. Read more…
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