This week’s dose of optimisms includes news from the gene therapy and AI arenas, starting with two successes in the field of gene therapy, beginning with the treatment of a man in Ireland who was functionally blind and who can now see after undergoing a novel gene therapy treatment.
Additionally, a girl born with a severe genetic disorder was treated in the womb with a gene-targeting drug, which means she shows no signs of the disorder.
In other news, an AI system has been developed that assists researchers in generating novel hypotheses and research proposals, thereby accelerating the pace of discovery in scientific research.
Finally, in the world of robotics, two humanoid robots demonstrated their abilities to work cooperatively and complete a complex task, one handing a bag of cheese to the other, whilst a third robot from Clone hung motionless in the air, impressing with its lifelike appearance.
