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What is Futures Intelligence? A Complete Guide
Futures Intelligence is an integrative capability that brings different forms of future-related insights in one connected sense-making flow to turn them into shared, decision-ready understanding. It brings together different types of future-focused knowledge. Used in isolation, each has blind spots. Used together, they build a comprehensive picture of the possible futures ahead.
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Can You Survive with a Pig's Heart?
Scientists have just used the gene-editing CRISPR technology to eliminate a family of viruses in pigs that could be transmitted to humans in transplants or other cases. This new gene-editing technology is here to stay and can profoundly impact genetics as we know it. It may also prove to be a way to eliminate the risks involved with animal-to-human transplants, which could save millions of lives every year.