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Now: biology investing @ @Color | @SciFounders

Biology is technology is biology

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How I know it's still early days for biology:

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@SynBio1 Awesome work!

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@JTLonsdale @8vc congrats!!

[Niko McCarty. @NikoMcCarty]

Out today: Researchers have made the first cell capable of “feeding, growth, replication, division and selection...entirely using components scientists put there.”

In other words, a cell that self-replicates and was made entirely from the ground-up, molecule by molecule.

The cell is called SpudCell. And although it is definitely a cell (in that it has a membrane with molecules inside) it is definitely not alive, because it cannot grow indefinitely, survive without human help, make its own ribosomes, or recycle waste. It "dies" after a few divisions.

But it's a starting point! And these same researchers have raised $6-8M+ in philanthropic funding to scale their efforts with a new nonprofit for synthetic cell research, called Biotic.

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@aryelipman @AmitRnD @southpkcommons @incredutility @PalantirTech dang, wish I was around NYC for this:)

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big congrats to @mattkrisiloff and team at @Conception on the huge amount of work to get here!

[Matt Krisiloff @mattkrisiloff]

I’m so excited to share this update on @Conception –

We’ve generated the first early human eggs derived from stem cells.

This is a big deal -- the potential to redefine fertility is real.

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@paulg Much like calculators

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@owl_posting @FoundationOAI Exciting move, congrats!!

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@patricksmalone Well said; though I don't knock any VC for operating in this way (incremental therapeutics save lives and need capital too), it's good to be self-aware of which segment any given investor or company falls into

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@incredutility @stripe @nanransohoff awesome!!

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@DavidSHolz @granawkins take a look at https://t.co/95H5kQ2fAF

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@ElvinYung @Noahpinion SF has one spot with motsunabe, and the bay has one spot with torisashi

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@Jack_O_Meara @DrRagnar has a new book on preventing neurodegen / neuro health and curious if you'd have thoughts on it!

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this looks amazing

[Midjourney @midjourney]

A technical dive inside our new "Midjourney Scanner"

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@srikosuri @OmicsOmicsBlog @ldtimmerman not to mention: https://t.co/caRhpqA67B

[Luke Timmerman @ldtimmerman]

Small molecules to correct disease. Listen to @srikosuri of @OctantBio on The Long Run. Sponsors: @AlphaSenseInc and Dash Bio. https://t.co/mFkC5qoxzz

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@nickcammarata startup math, but for happiness

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Always true

[kat @katclone]

It’s remarkable to me that MORE ppl aren’t working on biology

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@OliviaHelenS woohoo!! 🙌

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@joshuamarch @meetgranola Notion works well for this!

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@malharhar @AppliedInt awesome