Should Robots that Displace Workers Be Taxed?

Bill Gates made quite a stir recently when he said we should tax robots that replace workers. As technology grows at an ever-increasing pace, could this be a way to support and fund programs like Social Security and Medicare for an aging country? I am interested to hear what our audience thinks, so please leave your thoughts in the comment section below.

Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings

Acclaimed designer and longtime –Biotechnology enterprise Nature Cell started to recruit patients for its clinical trials of ‘ASTROSTEM,’ a stem cell drug for Alzheimer’s disease treatment, at … )–RMR Real Estate Income Fund today announced its regular quarterly distribution to common shareholders. The distribution of $0.33 per common share wil… )–The National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education welcomes Texas A&M Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy to the organization as its 17th… )–Leading programmatic, RTB, and machine learning technology company, IPONWEB, hires Jana Jakovljevic as VP of Business Development for North America.

Diabetes drug may be effective against deadly form of breast cancer, study suggests

Researchers in China have discovered that a metabolic enzyme called AKR1B1 drives an aggressive type of breast cancer . The study, “AKR1B1 promotes basal-like breast cancer progression by a positive feedback loop that activates the EMT program,” which has been published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine , suggests that an inhibitor of this enzyme currently used to treat diabetes patients could be an effective therapy for this frequently deadly form of cancer .

SpaceX makes good on space station delivery a little late

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship is captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm a day after a GPS problem prevented the capsule from coming too close. SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship is captured by the International Space Station’s robotic arm a day after a GPS problem prevented the capsule from coming too close.

SpaceX makes good on space station delivery a little late

SpaceX made good on a 250-mile-high delivery at the International Space Station on Thursday, after fixing a navigation problem that held up the shipment a day. Everything went smoothly the second time around as the station astronauts captured the SpaceX Dragon cargo ship as the two craft sailed over Australia.

First Cancer Patient Treated In Phase I/II Trial of ApoGrafta

Cellect Biotechnology Ltd. , a developer of stem cells selection technology, today announces that it has treated the first blood cancer patient in the recently initiated Phase I/II trial of its stem cell technology ApoGraftTM. The trial is intended to assess the Cellect ApoGraftTM process which is designed to prevent Graft-versus-Host Disease , a common complication associated with stem cell transplant in which the transplanted immune cells attack the recipient’s body cells and organs.

BioRestorative Therapies Receives FDA Clearance to Initiate Phase 2…

BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. , a life sciences company focused on stem cell-based therapies, today announced that it has received clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial using its lead cell therapy candidate, BRTX-100, to treat chronic lower back pain due to degenerative disc disease related to protruding/bulging discs. The Phase 2 clinical trial is a 72 patient, randomized, double-blind, controlled, multi-center study designed to evaluate safety and efficacy of a single dose of BRTX-100 in treating chronic lower lumbar disc disease.

PEGylated Proteins Market: Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share,…

PEGylated Proteins Market: Overview PEGylation is the process through which strands of the PEG polymer are attached to molecules most typically proteins. Through PEGylation, increased drug stability, reduced dosage frequency, improved drug solubility, extended circulating life, increased efficiency with potentially reduced toxicity and enhanced protection from proteolytic degradation can be obtained.

DNA Testing, Bacteria Can’t Hide

… or identify microbes growing in the International Space Station and determining whether or not they represent a health threat.” This space-based DNA sequencer could help protect astronaut health during missions, and future explorers could also use …

Cyclophosphamide vs salvage chemotherapy plus G-CSF as…

Autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the standard treatment option for multiple myeloma and relapsed non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients. 2 Chemo-mobilization success depends on the patient’s age, apheresis timing, chemotherapy and immunomodulatory regimens as well as chemotherapy-related adverse events .

UTA scientist develops portable breath monitor to detect flu virus

Perena Gouma, a professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has published an article in the journal Sensors that describes her invention of a hand-held breath monitor that can potentially detect the flu virus. The article, published in January 2017, explains in-depth how the single-exhale sensing device works and the research involved in its creation, which was funded by the National Science Foundation through the Smart Connected Health program.