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Disruptors: Genetic Secrets – BBC News
Advances in medicine mean we have a much greater understanding of the human genome. Doctors hope this may lead to a cure for some of the most devastating illnesses, and businesses are competing to bring new drugs to market.
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A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment. Scientists used mRNA technology, which was used for some Covid-19 vaccines.
But that technology – and vaccines more generally – have become increasingly controversial in the United States since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, is a vaccine sceptic.
In August 2025 cancelled $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccine research. The move impacted 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, according to Kennedy’s department.
We speak to Tom Whipple, host of the BBC’s Inside Science programme, about the science of this new vaccine. And we ask how funding cuts for vaccine research could impact health outcomes not just for Americans, but for the world.
0:00 How does the new mRNA skin cancer vaccine work?
2:56 How effective is the new cancer vaccine?
5:06 How do mRNA vaccines work?
6:51 How was mRNA technology developed?
10:26 How did Covid change mRNA vaccines?
12:01 Why is RFK Jr cutting mRNA funding?
15:19 Are mRNA vaccines safe?
18:48 Why is the FDA approving an mRNA flu vaccine?
21:00 What does the future of mRNA research look like?
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Historic first as Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m world record at Beijing games | BBC News
A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, surpassing the men’s world record time held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its heat at the opening of the games’ second edition. The robot overtook smartphone maker Honor’s Lightning near the finish after falling behind early in the race. Lightning finished in 9.47 seconds, also faster than the 9.58-second record Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The results marked a remarkable improvement from last year’s inaugural games, when Tiangong Ultra won the 100 metres in 21.50 seconds. Tiangong also won the world’s first humanoid robot half-marathon, held in Beijing last year.
The 100 metres is among 51 events at the games, which include football, dancing and contests to complete industrial tasks.
China is promoting humanoid robots as a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies betting that advances in AI and hardware will accelerate their use in manufacturing, logistics and consumer applications.
Investor enthusiasm for the sector was underscored recently when shares in Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, jumped more than five fold in its Shanghai trading debut, giving the company a market value of about $50 billion.
This year’s games have drawn 2,056 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries and six continents, up from 280 teams at the inaugural event.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Beijing.
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Every year, new reports warn that our roads are getting worse and potholes are becoming more common. Experts say the cost of …
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Artificial intelligence was the technology lots of people wanted to talk about at the Dentistry Show in Birmingham, UK.
From 3D printing to digital scanners and AI receptionists, there are many ways in which technology is helping dentists’ workflow.
We tried some of the tech on display.
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There was a time when sleeping was simple – but now, it’s a bit more complicated.
Sleep has rules – there’s the right bedtime, the right temperature, and the right amount of deep sleep.
It’s not just something we do, it’s something we measure.
But is all this number punching actually helping us rest?
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@name6833
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Maybe court order can be taken out to edit out the rare dieasese some people suffer from. In germline.so new bill might need to be pass but will public understand the benefit/risk __________?word i forget.if u have no fund there was a theranos which can not jut fund u but n not take avantage of u guys.which is not a bad direction for people n government.
@TrueAmericans
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Correct me if I'm wrong: D-Cells from a person's immune system can be modified to kill cancer in that same person's body??
@EmperorScottYee
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
2 days ago when I first saw that thumbnail, I was going to make a comment about it. That thumbnail has been changed, probably because of all the comments about it. I totally forgot about said thumbnail, until I saw that woman and was like… wait a minute, wasn't she on the thumbnail?
@gabbar51ngh
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
This lady has weird face and neck.
She could pass off as an alien disguised as human
@heysupermanlook996
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
lol. This isn't REALLY being created for your benefit..
option 1) You submit your DNA because they promise to help you cope with the environment you were never meant to survive in eating food you were never evolved to eat, they create a DNA editor to inject back into you, you (or the taxpayer) pay licence fees for the rest of your life.
option 2) You submit your DNA, they screen it looking for markers that indicate the likely presence of traits they don't want in a population, they release a bio-weapon targeting people with those genetic markers, the remaining population has a low IQ and a compliant nature so the privileged elites who control these gene companies will likely never be at risk of losing their power again. The return of an aristocratic system and the permanent stratification of society follows.
@drgoats3
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Would
@pax4370
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
The reporter looks ghastly
@rediponto9588
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
6:00
@aaronlau4462
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Lady looks like an NPC from oblivion lmaoo
@joestockton7016
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Resident Evil?
@nanaian
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
5:57
@T_from_U
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
she wants me
@airportdocumentaries
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Who stretched her head?
@susanpepper148
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
PLAYING WITH THINGS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WILL END IN TRAGEDY FOR MILLIONS. BUT DONT LISTEN TO WHAT GOD TELLS US I MEAN HES JUST THE CREATOR OF DNA. WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR DNA , YOU CANT GO BACK. SO IF THE SIDE EFFECT IS GROWING AN EXTRA EAR ON YOUR TONGUE , YOU WILL REPRODUSE CHILDREN WITH THE SAME OR WORSE GENETIC DEFECTS.
@megashadow128
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Not gonna lie, she straight up looks like a robot trying to talk like a human 😐
@satvik1162
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
I have accidently scrolled pass this video 3 to 4 times , and the thumbnail lady scared me every single time !
@justicewarrior9187
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
UMBRELLA. CORP
@ladyshaymusic_official6922
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
T-cell better not turn into the Tvirus from Zombie games…
@phildobson8705
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Disruptive is the right word for this technique of cutting bits of DNA out. They made the same mistake with tomatoes, cutting out the Gene for ripening to extend shelf life, then found they stayed on the shelf because the same Gene enhance the flavour and with the shelf already full of Tomatoes, growers couldn't sell their next days produce of tomatoes.
Cutting things out of frontal lobe of schizophrenics brains appeared to get rid of the symptoms but you are left with a useless human being dependent on health care for the rest of their life.
Because cutting pieces out of a living organisms DNA alters them for the rest of their existence it's extremely dangerous and may appear to solve the immediate problem but result in a far more horrific problem in the future, more horrific than any plague that has hit the human race in the past
@the500mphtortoise
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
When will we develop a treatment to deal with the cancer in this comments section.
@the500mphtortoise
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Im sure all these people going after this woman (who is informing the public of life saving healthcare advances) are all hideous gremlins, just insecure so they take it out on others.
@earthtothemoon68.11
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Look at her face!
@FINALB
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Because there is no cure for cancer, some people think it is intended to not find a cure. That "Big pharma" it is taking advantage for the sake of money and population control.
Why is that? Sure, there is a cure and medicine for a good amount of diseases that were incurable a decade or 100 years ago. Why do we feel entitled enough to create a conspiracy against the researchers.
@isoaqua5825
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
versalife
@DM-ce6su
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
It's her eyebrows!
@DdotTindall
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
If you clicked purely for the thumbnail you ain’t alone
@gethcreator751
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Hopefully they can cure gender dysphoria, it's detrimental to our existence
@MoistMan2
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Fuck I hate crispr and the brainlet buzz around it. Didn't a researcher in China prove it doesn't work with complex genomes? At least you talk about other techniques.
I'd hope the country with > 5 times the population, more developed infrastructure, greater GDP, and wageslaves would have more facilities.
There's a reason life sciences are the easiest, and one of the least respected disciplines in science.
Fuck Monsanto.
@aaronstone6183
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
She looks like a genetically modified human..
with those sneaky crazy eyes reminding of rats..looking desperately for food.
@fatcole1152
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Whoa, I think we've made first contact.
@Kay-yy7ln
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Lady looks like she's right out of the Oblivion character creation
@jalenstafford8874
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
TBH, she looks like a pinhead.
@fabrizio483
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Women are born women, and men are born men.
@AlanWattResistance
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Huxley knew this would happen, read Brave New World.
@AlanWattResistance
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
This will no doubt be used for Eugenics purposes in the future.
@KenSiefert
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
BBC is missing chromosomes…it explains much.
@MrCHINBAG
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Secrets?
@MDIS
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
She looks unnatural
@ThePayola123
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
She looks frightening…!!!
@wm2357
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Side effects – you'll turn into a long necked alien
@sfg4972
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Abstergo
@andriifedorov8324
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
That women looks like your freaking OC at Morrowind.
@GlobalPenguin2012
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Human is on the path of playing GOD. Religion will also begin to have no place in society.
@WhoToldYouThatAtlanta
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Demonic 😡
@unity2BC
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
That's great news people, give thanks, 🙌
@3101010
December 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm
While they are at it maybe those scientists can discover the other 130 Genders that the Left-Tard's think exist's.
Just kidding Both Genders are already mapped in DNA.