Best of Twitter - July 25-August 21, 2022

Caleb Lareau @CalebLareau

Encephalitis caused by human herpesvirus 6 has been repeatedly observed in CAR-T cell case studies and clinical trials. In a new work with @Satpathology, we make the surprising observation that the cell therapy itself may be the source of lytic virus. biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/n

biorxiv.orgLatent human herpesvirus 6 is reactivated in chimeric antigen receptor T cellsCell therapies have yielded durable clinical benefits for patients with cancer, but the risks associated with the development of therapies from manipulated human cells are still being understood. For example, we currently lack a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms of neurotoxicity observed…

Ian Fischer @itfische

I made a short film using #imagen. Tiger Goes to the City. I can't wait to see what stories people will tell when anyone can make a movie just by typing prompts. See the high resolution version here: youtu.be/wONzm6eIBAY

RJ Palmer @arvalis

A new AI image generator appears to be capable of making art that looks 100% human made. As an artist I am extremely concerned.

Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado

Video of synthetic mimic of a mouse embryo, conjured from stem cells. Beating heart etc. Researcher in the area told me over the weekend, "this field is advancing much faster than expected."

youtube.comA synthetic mouse embryo model on day 8 of its developmentA video showing a synthetic mouse embryo model on day 8 of its development; it has a beating heart, a yolk sac, a placenta and an emerging blood circulation ...

Antonio Regalado @antonioregalado

Our story on Renewal Bio, the Israeli startup launching into the fraught arena of manufacturing synthetic models of human embryos. Using artificial embryos as "bioprinters" -grow them 50 days? -harvest gonads for fertility? 🧵 technologyreview.com/2022/08/04/105…

technologyreview.comThis startup wants to copy you into an embryo for organ harvestingWith plans to create realistic synthetic embryos, grown in jars, Renewal Bio is on a journey to the horizon of science and ethics.

Adam Green @adamlewisgreen

A totalizing theory of biomedical (and perhaps broader) progress.

markov.bioA Future History of Biomedical ProgressThe apparent rate of biomedical progress has never been greater.

Wonder of Science @wonderofscience

A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as EVNautilus encounter the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff

Our new review is the first to systematic overview of all the main areas of research and concludes there is no evidence of a link between low serotonin and depression nature.com/articles/s4138… THREAD

nature.comThe serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence - Molecular PsychiatryMolecular Psychiatry - The serotonin theory of depression: a systematic umbrella review of the evidence

Eric Schwitzgebel @eschwitz

Can experts in Dan Dennett's philosophy distinguish Dennett's answers to philosophical questions from answers generated by a computer program trained on Dennett's works? Yes and no. Yes, better than chance. But no, not at all reliably. schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2022/07/result…

Alexey Guzey 🇺🇦 @alexeyguzey

tip: instead of asking yourself "should i do x?", instead just write down pros and cons of doing x