Wed. 12/16 - What Pfizer Can Learn From Dippin’ Dots

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Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

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4.6 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Genetically-engineered pigs have gotten the all clear. Digging into the field of galactic archaeology. And how Dippin’ Dots can help us better understand the leading COVID-19 vaccines, and may play a role of their own. Sponsors: HelloFresh, Use code ridehome80 to get $80 off including free shipping at HelloFresh.com/ridehome80 Fitbod, Get one month free at Fitbod.me/kottke Links: FDA approves genetically engineered pigs (The Verge) Gene editing has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic (MIT Technology Review) Galactic archaeology: astronomers are using stars as fossils to study the Milky Way (Horizon Magazine) What the Dippin’ Dots ‘cold chain’ can teach us about COVID-19 vaccines (Popular Science) The world's now scrambling for dry ice. It's just one headache in getting coronavirus vaccines where they need to go (CNN) A vial, a vaccine and hopes for slowing a pandemic — how a shot comes to be (Washington Post) Dippin' Dots Cryogenics (Dippin’ Dots) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.9	Welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Wednesday, December 16th, 2020.
0:40.7	I'm Jackson Bird.
0:42.6	Genetically engineered pigs have gotten the all clear, digging into the field of galactic
0:49.3	archaeology, and how Dipendots can help us better understand the leading COVID-19 vaccines and may play a
0:59.0	role of their own. Here are some of the cool things from the news today.
1:06.4	FDA approvals have been getting a lot of attention lately as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer-Biontech vaccine and is set to approve the Moderna vaccine soon.
1:17.7	But here's another FDA approval that may have escaped your notice.
1:21.6	Genetically engineered pigs.
1:24.8	This marks the FDA's first ever approval of an animal biotechnology product for both
1:30.5	food and medical use. Developed by medical company Revivico, the genetically engineered pigs could
1:37.2	be used for tissue and organ transplants, the production of drugs, or as meat for people
1:43.3	with severe allergies.
1:45.6	Quoting the verge,
1:46.9	The pigs are called galsaf pigs because they lack a molecule called alpha-gal sugar,
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