Genetic Eye Drops, Kimberlite Explosion, Creative Bots
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🗓️ 6 September 2023
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Today, you’ll learn about gene therapy eye drops, a diamond’s journey to the surface, and the growing creativity of AI.
Genetic Eye Drops
- “Gene-therapy drops restore teen’s vision after genetic disease left his eyes clouded with scars.” by Nicoletta Lanese. 2023.
- https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/gene-therapy-drops-restore-teens-vision-after-genetic-disease-left-his-eyes-clouded-with-scars
- “Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions.” by Laura Ungar and Freida Frisary. 2023.
- https://apnews.com/article/gene-therapy-blindness-rare-diseases-58f81838894dfb8568affde0b7e4d2f1
- “Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa.” by Ellen G Pfendner, PhD & Anne W Lucky, MD. 2018.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1304/
Kimberlite Explosion
- “When Ancient Eruptions Pumped Diamonds to Earth’s Surface.” by Maya Wei-Haas. 2023.
- https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/science/kimberlite-diamonds-volcano-eruptions.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimesscience
- “Rift-induced disruptions of cratonic keels drives kimberlite volcanism.” by Thomas M. Gernon, et al. 2023.
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06193-3
- “What are Kimberlites?” Kansas Geological Survey. 2000.
- https://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/pic16/pic16_2.html
Creative Bots
- “AI tests into top 1% for original creative thinking.” The University of Montana. 2023.
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230705154051.htm
- “The Turing Test and AI Large Language Models (LLMs).” by “Mike.” 2023.
- https://microrealestate.leptonic.io/the-turing-test-and-ai-large-language-models-llms/
- “8 Potentially Surprising Things To Know About Large Language Models LLMs.” by Dhanshree Shripad Shenwai. 2023.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery. |
| 0:09.0 | Time flies when you're learning super cool stuff. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Nate. |
| 0:12.0 | And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the |
| 0:13.7 | first time welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to |
| 0:17.3 | grow your mind. If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn |
| 0:20.7 | about gene therapy eye drops, a diamond's journey to the surface, |
| 0:25.4 | and the growing creativity of AI. |
| 0:28.1 | Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:31.6 | Doctors have developed an eye drop that uses gene therapy to bring sight back to the blind. |
| 0:37.0 | Okay, wow, why have I not heard of this before? |
| 0:40.2 | Like curing blindness kind of feels like it should be the story of the century. |
| 0:44.0 | Okay I realize it's a pretty bold statement but as always there are a few catches. |
| 0:49.6 | Right if something sounds too good to be true. Right, yeah, except that this actually could lead to a massive shift in the way doctors treat certain disorders. |
| 0:58.0 | Okay, so it could be the story of the century? |
| 1:02.0 | It could be huge. A boy named Antonio Vendo-Carvajal was born with a super rare genetic condition called |
| 1:07.2 | dystrophic epidemiomyelosa. That's quite a mouthful. Yeah, sometimes people call it butterfly disease |
| 1:14.4 | because those who suffer from it have incredibly delicate skin. |
| 1:17.7 | It's caused by a mutation in a gene that plays a big role in producing |
| 1:20.8 | collagen seven, which is a protein that basically holds our skin and corneous together. |
| 1:25.0 | Collagen 7. So it's like a glue that just holds us together? |
| 1:30.1 | I mean, kinda? So people with butterfly disease have trouble producing it and that means that they are incredibly prone to injury |
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