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A new study reveals that the human brain may be capable of quantum computing, with the brain functions measured in the experiments seeming to be instrumental in short-term memory performance and conscious awareness. #quantum #QuantumComputing #brain iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Notes on Engineering Health / October 2022: Some Digitalis Ventures News — While we're not huge on tooting our own horn, we’d be remiss not to feature a recent positive development at the firm… digitalis.us/notes/newslett…

A very big thank you to @wsj and @BrianPGormley for highlighting our newest fund — we're excited and determined to help build a healthier world by engineering solutions to the hardest problems in biomedicine. wsj.com/articles/healt…

A very big congratulations to @Terray_Tx on their transformational collaboration with Google's @calico! endpts.com/months-after-a…

We are pleased to announce a new collaboration with @Terray_Tx focused on the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics for diseases of #aging, including #cancer. To learn more: bit.ly/3VnQvLM

Notes on Engineering Health / September 2022: Nature, Nurture, & Good Luck — Recent research suggests the role of randomness could be more significant in shaping who we are than measurable environmental factors and, in some cases, even equal to genetics. digitalis.us/notes/newslett…

Notes on Engineering Health / Aug 2022: Risky Business — The latest report from the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction lays out how risk creation is now outstripping risk reduction digitalis.us/notes/newslett… #Risk #UnitedNations #Chemistry #Pandemics #Evolution

A recent study by researchers @WUSTLbusiness discovered that rewarding first-time producers of successful novel ideas with an award or recognition can significantly decrease the likelihood that they will produce future creative work. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35549286/

A provocative list from @ri_cook on how complex systems fail, detailing “the Nature of Failure; How Failure is Evaluated; How Failure is Attributed to Proximate Cause; and the Resulting New Understanding of Patient Safety.” how.complexsystems.fail

Digitalis Notes on Engineering Health / July 2022: Notes on creativity. Plus computational tools, politics & health, information as matter, and failure. digitalis.us/notes/newslett… #Creativity #VentureCapital #LifeSciences #HealthTech #DigitalisVentures #EngineeringHealth

When genes mutate, this can lead to severe diseases of the human nervous system. (See article by @ScienceDaily). #genes #genetics #Iquique sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…

As @BusinessInsider's @leah_rosenbaum announces, we are thrilled to support @FaethTx in their $47M in Series A financing, which brings the funding total to date to $67M. Overjoyed to accompany them on the path forward in treating cancer. businessinsider.com/faeth-therapeu…

Researchers showed that attempting to run faster might require defying our natural biology. See article by @CurrentBiology #running #calories #biology #relatedArticles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">cell.com/current-biolog…

Digitalis Notes on Engineering Health, June 2022: Abortion is Healthcare — Data on abortion and its effects on women. Plus notes on beer and diversity, the importance of exercise, biological aging, and the immunity of hair loss. #abortion #dobbs #roevwade digitalis.us/notes/newslett…

The brain is often thought of as a data processing machine that integrates signals through siloed sets of neurons specialized for orientation, the direction of movement, spatiotemporal frequencies, etc. See article by @ScienceMagazine #brain #computation science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Transitioning from keeping the focus on an object to grabbing such an object is another example of how the brain integrates information coming from different types of neurons. See article by @NaturePortfolio #neurons #coordination nature.com/articles/s4158…

While the main focus of genetic engineering has been to increase the production capacities of fruit and vegetables, it is about time that tastiness takes the center stage! See article by @PNASNews #fruit #flavor #genetics #chemistry pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations to @EdenBrewDairy on the recent fundraise! Proud to support @jim_fader and the rest of the team!

Scientists are exploring how human genetics impacts functions of the gut microbiome, and are expanding awareness of the role human genetics plays in shaping the microbiome. @ScienceDaily #genetics #microbiome sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/…

Digitalis Notes on Engineering Health, May 2022: Life, the Universe & Everything - Ideas of the symbiosis between biological life & information technology. Plus other notes. #computation #negativeentropy #health #lifespan #dataome #informationtechnology digitalis.us/notes/newslett…