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Wednesday, July 6: ‘The Green Planet’ Reveals the Secret Lives of Plants – Channel Guide Magazine

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The Green PlanetPBS, 8pmNew Series!Sir David Attenborough, the legendary naturalist who has become a familiar narrator/host for documentaries spotlighting animals, now travels the globe to reveal the secret lives of plants in this five-part series that comes from the BBC and PBS. The Green Planet uses pioneering technology including motion-control robotics systems, thermal cameras, ultra-high-speed cameras and the latest developments in microscopy to open up this often-overlooked world to viewers in a new way and show that plants are as aggressive, competitive and dramatic as animals locked in life-and-death struggles for food and light, taking part in fierce battles for territory, and desperately trying to reproduce and scatter their young. Among the stunning revelations on display in this series: Plants are surprisingly social, and can communicate with each other, care for their young, and help the weak and injured; they can plan, count and remember; and some plants can even hunt animals. We would starve without plants, says Attenborough. We wouldnt be able to breathe without plants. Yet peoples understanding about plants, except in a very kind of narrow way, has not kept up with that [awareness]. I think this series will bring it home. Jeff Pfeiffer

MaggieHuluNew Series!This 13-episode comedy chronicles the challenges of dating while psychic. Maggie (Rebecca Rittenhouse) is able to see into the future of her friends, parents, clients and random people on the street. When she begins to see glimpses into her own destiny after meeting a stranger, her love life suddenly gets a lot more complicated. All episodes are available today.

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In BetweenNetflixOriginal Film!This young-adult romantic comedy comes from the producers of the To All the Boys franchise and is based on the bestseller by Jennifer E. Smith. After making a pact to break up before college, Clare (Talia Ryder) and Aidan (Jordan Fisher) spend their last evening as a couple on one final epic date. As they retrace the steps of their relationship, from their first hello and kiss to their first argument, they edge toward a turning point in a search for answers. Should they stay together, or say goodbye forever?

King of StonksNetflixNew Series!This German series is a thriller inspired by real events in the financial world, and is centered on narcissism, megalomania and double standards. Felix Armand, the mastermind behind the most successful tech company in Germany, wants to be at the top, because once hes there, he can finally be a decent human being. Unfortunately, everything is already blowing up in his face during the IPO, including money laundering, investor deception and internet pornography.

Audrey Hepburn Icon-a-thonMOVIES!, beginning at 10amCatch a Classic!Enjoy legendary actress Audrey Hepburn in four of her most memorable films from the 1960s, across various genres: Two for the Road (1967), a British romantic road trip comedy/drama costarring Albert Finney; How to Steal a Million (1966), William Wylers heist comedy that also features Peter OToole, Eli Wallach and Charles Boyer; Charade (1963), the famed romantic comedy/mystery directed by Stanley Donen and costarring Cary Grant; and Wait Until Dark (1967), the classic thriller featuring Hepburn in a Best Actress Oscar-nominated performance as a blind woman terrorized by three criminals (led by an incredibly chilling Alan Arkin, along with Richard Crenna and Jack Weston) trying to retrieve a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is hidden in her apartment.

Big BrotherCBS, 8pmSeason Premiere!Big Brother kicks off Season 24 as a new group of Houseguests move in for a summer full of unique twists and turns to challenge them. Julie Chen Moonves returns as host.

Mysteries DecodedThe CW, 8pmSeason Premiere!A new season of unsolved mysteries awaits in Season 2 of this investigative documentary series, which uses newly discovered evidence and high-tech tools to dive deep into some of Americas greatest mysteries. Jennifer Marshall (Stranger Things), a U.S. Navy veteran, private investigator and actress, leads a team that aims to bring closure to long-lingering historical puzzles.

Married at First SightLifetime, 8pmSeason Premiere!For the first time in its 15 seasons, Married at First Sight sets its sights on the West Coast as it heads to San Diego, where 10 courageous singles are taking the plunge and marrying a complete stranger. These brides and grooms will see each other for the first time at the altar, when they take their vows in a legally binding ceremony under the palm trees of beautiful Southern California.

Carpathian PredatorsSmithsonian Channel, 8pmNew Series!See what it takes to find a mate, raise a family and stay alive in Eastern Europes Carpathian Mountains. Spend summer and autumn in the Carpathians as wild creatures and humans prep for the harsh winter ahead. In the premiere, Realm of the Bear, watch a mother brown bear race to fatten up her family for winter slumber as her cubs learn the ways of the forest.

The Murder TapesInvestigation Discovery, 9pmSeason Premiere!The true-crime series is back, with each episode again providing up-close perspectives on homicide investigations, incorporating body-cam footage from the initial crime scene, surveillance video and interrogation-room recordings.

The Challenge: USACBS, 9:30pmNew Series!This special edition of the blockbuster MTV franchise brings together fan favorites from Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race and Love Island to compete in one of the most unpredictable and demanding games of their lives, living in a constant state of paranoia and unable to trust anyone but themselves. T.J. Lavin serves as host.

Neighborhood WarsA&E, 10pmNew Episodes!Revenge in Reverse kicks off more Season 2 episodes of this series documenting the conflict and kindness between real-life neighbors across the country. In Pasco County, Florida, a feud gets out of hand when a man intentionally backs his car into his neighbors kitchen. A San Jose familys Christmas is nearly ruined when a neighborhood thief steals their Nativity set. In Boulder, Colorado, a musician serenades his neighbor on his banjo.

More PowerHistory, 10pmI like to see where the edge is. When theres a big red button that says Do not touch, I right away go to touch it, says Tim Allen. The actor-comedian happily (and hilariously) tests the limits of tools in this new series the title was, of course, his catchphrase on Tool Time, the handyman show-within-a-show on his 1991-99 sitcom Home Improvement. Hes joined by buddy Richard Karn, who played his cohost, and DIY pro April Wilkerson. (The trio previously hosted the History competition Assembly Required.) They present an iconic tool, its origins and some very creative applications.

American Detective With Lt. Joe KendaInvestigation Discovery, 10pmSeason Premiere!Season 2 of the true-crime series begins its linear ID run. In each episode, former homicide detective Joe Kenda chronicles astounding investigations from across the country, profiling a different homicide detective whose tireless efforts helped bring justice for the murder victim.

Expedition With Steve BackshallPBS, 10pmSeason Premiere!Naturalist Steve Backshall returns for Season 2 of his series in which he explores some of the most remote locations on Earth, on a mission with his handpicked team of experts to discover fresh insights that could help secure a future for the worlds wildlife. The season premiere finds Backshall on Russias Kamchatka peninsula, where he tackles whitewater so extreme it has never been attempted. Then, in the pristine wilderness, he and his team explore an area packed with more brown bears than almost anywhere else on the planet.

Road WarsA&E, 10:30pmNew Series!Violent road rage incidents are on the rise, and road raging is a human behavior that has become widely known. This new docuseries takes a deep dive into American roadways and examines extreme human behavior, wild weather, insane accidents and a few refreshing instances of acts of kindness.

MoonhavenAMC+New Series!The new six-episode series Moonhaven is set in a future when Earth has been rendered almost uninhabitable, but a utopian colony of humans with the aid of a powerful artificial intelligence has transformed a patch of the moons surface into a lush paradise. Over three generations, the people of Moonhaven have developed technology and culture with the sole purpose of saving Mother Earth. But a murder case on Moonhaven leads to the discovery of a dark conspiracy and sinister forces that seek to control Earths last hope. Dominic Monaghan, Emma McDonald, Joe Manganiello, Kadeem Hardison and Ayelet Zurer star. Moonhaven premieres with the first two episodes tonight, and subsequent episodes debuting Thursdays.

Star Trek: Strange New WorldsParamount+Season Finale!The first season of this latest Star Trek spinoff series, which chronicles the adventures of the starship Enterprise roughly 10 years before Capt. Kirks command in Star Trek: The Original Series, concludes. The series is already in production on Season 2, which has cast Paul Wesley as Kirk and is expected to debut in 2023.

Noir to Die For Presents: Ida LupinoMOVIES!, beginning at 12pmCatch a Classic!Famed actress/filmmaker Ida Lupino is the focus of this lineup of five film noir classics featuring the star: They Drive by Night (1940), directed by Raoul Walsh and costarring George Raft, Ann Sheridan and Humphrey Bogart; the Oscar-nominated Ladies in Retirement (1941), also starring Louis Hayward; The Man I Love (1947), another Walsh-helmed production, with Robert Alda starring alongside Lupino; On Dangerous Ground (1951), which also featured Lupino in an uncredited codirector role with Nicholas Ray; and Womens Prison (1955), with Lupino as the cruel warden in one of the earlier women-in-prison pictures.

Press Your LuckABC, 8pmSeason Premiere!The reboot of the popular game show begins its fourth season with Elizabeth Banks returning as host. Three contestants aim to avoid the iconic and devilish WHAMMY as they compete against each other answering questions to earn spins on the Big Board. The spins are used to win cash and prizes, as long as they avoid the WHAMMY.

Heartland: Brand New DayUPtv, 8pmHudson hosts a lumberjack competition, and Amy (Amber Marshall) must retrain a Clydesdale and his owner to compete in the draft horse race; Tim (Chris Potter) throws his hat into the ring; and Lou (Michelle Morgan) tries to avoid a date with Fred Garland (Ivan Cermak).

Generation GapABC, 9pmNew Series!Kelly Ripa hosts this comedy quiz show that pairs teams of grandparents and grandkids, challenging them to answer questions about pop culture from each others generation.

Good TroubleFreeform, 10pmNew Episodes!The second half of Season 4 begins with the episode What I Wouldnt Give for Love. Davia (Emma Hunton) musters the courage to tell Dennis (Josh Pence) how she feels, while Malika (Zuri Adele) deals with Angelica (Yasmine Aker) seeing other people. Also, Alice (Sherry Cola) hires a new manager and the FCG throw a party to celebrate the launch of their app.

Fright Club: Spies in the SkyTravel Channel, 10pm; also streams on discovery+Jack Osbourne and the Ghost Brothers crack the shell on an avian conspiracy theory; comedian/actor Tommy Davidson sheds light on a goblin strutting down a dark driveway; and a ghost thinks its a ninja.

Terror Lake DriveWE tv, 10pmNew Series!Leap kicks off the six-episode first season of this drama about a single mother trying to dodge her past by relocating to Atlanta with her defiant teenager, only to discover that some forces are impossible to outrun.

Black BirdApple TV+New Series!Inspired by actual events, this six-episode psychological thriller begins when high school football hero, decorated policemans son and convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison. There, he is given a choice enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) to gain information, or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession from Hall and find out where the bodies of several young girls are buried before the suspected killers appeal goes through. But is Hall telling the truth? The series costars Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta, in one of the actors final roles before his death on May 26. The first two episodes drop today; subsequent new episodes are available Fridays.

Duck & GooseApple TV+New Series!Inspired by the bestselling books by Tad Hills, this animated preschool series celebrates the unique friendship of Duck and Goose, two best feathered friends who dont always see beak to beak. That is, until they discover that embracing and appreciating each others differences can help them think up entirely new ideas to help solve everyday challenges both big and small.

Conjuring Keshadiscovery+New Series!Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Kesha hosts this paranormal investigation series. Over six hourlong episodes, she explores the nations biggest mysteries, haunted locations and supernatural phenomena with celebrity guests and experts in the unexplained. The first two episodes drop today: In Not Today, Satan, Kesha and comedian Whitney Cummings investigate a demonic force in a closed Tennessee penitentiary that once housed the worst of the worst; and in Songs for the Dead, pop star Betty Who joins Kesha on a quest to unravel the mysteries of Tennessees Antoinette Hall, one of Americas oldest and most haunted opera houses. Subsequent new episodes are available Fridays.

Boo, B@#$%NetflixNew Series!Lana Condor (To All the Boys Ive Loved Before) is also an executive producer of and leads this teen series as Erika, a high school senior who has lived most of her life flying safely under the radar. When she realizes that, over the course of one night, she is able to alter her narrative and start living an epic life, Erika jumps at the opportunity only to wake up the next morning and learn that she is a ghost.

Dangerous LiaisonsNetflixOriginal Film!In this adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 novel, Paola Locatelli stars as idealistic 17-year-old Clne, who is getting ready to live apart from her fianc for a while as she leaves Paris for her new school in southwestern France. There, she has to face an evil clique of elites ruled over by Vanessa (Ella Pellegrini) and Tristan (Simon Rrolle), who is both dangerous and seductive. Clne falls for Tristan, but doesnt suspect that she is at the center of a cruel bet made between him and Vanessa.

The Longest NightNetflixNew Series!This six-episode Spanish series takes place at a psychiatric prison and follows a group of people there who are completely cut off from all outside communication. Meanwhile, there are armed men surrounding the building with the primary goal of catching a serial killer (Luis Callejo).

The Sea BeastNetflixOriginal Film!This animated film directed by Chris Williams (director of Big Hero 6 and codirector of Moana) is set in an era when terrifying beasts swam the seas and monster hunters were celebrated heroes. None of these heroes is more beloved than Jacob Holland (voice of Karl Urban), but when young Maisie Brumble (Zaris-Angel Hator) stows away on his fabled ship, Jacob is saddled with an unexpected ally. Together they embark on an epic journey into uncharted waters and make history.

Trigger PointPeacockNew Series!This British thriller is set in the high-pressure world of bomb disposal and stars Vicky McClure and Adrian Lester as Lana Washington and Joel Nutkins, frontline explosives officers who risk their lives during a terrorist campaign in the heart of London. When attacks threaten the capital over one summer, the Expos are at the forefront of urgent efforts to find out who is behind the bombings before fatalities escalate. Under extreme pressure and searching for answers, Lana becomes suspicious that the bomber is premeditatedly targeting her unit but how does she prove it and discover the bombers real identity? All six episodes are available today.

The BoysPrime VideoSeason Finale!Season 3 of the acclaimed, very adult-themed satirical superhero series concludes. The show has been renewed for a fourth season.

Warriors on the FieldPrime VideoThis Australian Amazon original documentary explores the personal and poignant stories of three Indigenous players in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL legend Michael OLoughlin narrates the film, which was directed by Indigenous academic and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt.

Golf: American Century Championship: First RoundGolf Channel, 7:30pm LiveThe brightest stars in sports and entertainment tee off at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Nevada for this celebrity charity golf tournament. Luminaries in the field include Justin Timberlake, Charles Barkley, Aaron Rodgers, Ray Romano, Colin Jost, Annika Sorenstam, Michael Strahan, Anthony Anderson, Miles Teller and WWEs Mike The Miz Mizanin. Golf Channel and NBC share coverage through Sunday.

Keeping Up With the JonesesLMN, 8pmOriginal Film Series!Vivica A. Fox returns as the matriarch of the wealthy Jones family, who, along with her four stepdaughters, will stop at nothing to protect their business and family after they are threatened. Kandi Burruss returns to narrate the films, along with stars Ted McGinley, Michael Pare, Arie Thompson, Ciarra Carter, Jasmine Aivaliotis, Marcos James and Shellie Sterling.

Roswell Crash 75th AnniversaryTCM, beginning at 8pmCatch a Classic!On July 8, 1947, balloon debris was recovered from a ranch near Roswell Army Air Field in New Mexico. The reports surrounding this ended up leading, decades later, to conspiracy theories that what was found there was actually wreckage from an alien spacecraft, and the mythology that grew around the Roswell incident made itself quite at home in an American pop culture that had already been imagining beings from other worlds visiting Earth often with sinister intentions for a while, particularly in motion pictures. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Roswell incident, Turner Classic Movies is airing a triple feature of terrific films that, while not dealing specifically with Roswell, are among the finest cinematic examples of our strong fascination with the possibility of alien visitors that led to such a mythology being able to take root in our popular consciousness. First up is Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), produced within the initial decade when reports of, and interest in, what were originally called flying saucers but later more familiarly known as UFOs, were on the rise. The film is a simple, but fun, tale of alien invasion, with iconic stop-motion animation effects for the titular ships created by the legendary Ray Harryhausen, and scenes of those ships crashing into famous landmarks that clearly must have influenced similar moments 40 years later in 1996s Independence Day and Mars Attacks! Next is John Carpenters The Thing (1982), a remake of 1951s The Thing From Another World. Both films were inspired by John W. Campbell Jr.s novella Who Goes There?, but Carpenters is a more faithful adaptation, bringing the shape-shifting element to its antagonistic alien that torments an isolated Antarctic research team. The suspense of wondering who or what the Thing is currently impersonating, along with the intensely horrifying practical and makeup effects that still hold up quite well, and great performances from a cast led by Kurt Russell, make this one of the best sci-fi remakes (and the original was quite good in its own way). The evening concludes with another fantastic remake of a film whose original is also a classic: 1978s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, a reimagined adaptation of Don Siegels 1956 film (both based on Jack Finneys novel The Body Snatchers). Led by Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum, this movie, like the original, manages to be both a suspenseful thriller about alien seed pods taking over and replicating human beings one body at a time, and an insightful commentary on the political and social mores of its particular era.

Dynasty: Theres No One Around to Watch You DrownThe CW, 9pmGuest star Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) stirs up some bad blood among the Carringtons as their former nanny, who has some interesting memories of her days taking care of the now-grown Fallon (Elizabeth Gillies).

My Lottery Dream HomeHGTV, 9pmSeason Premiere!Season 12 of this series about recent lottery winners hunting for their new dream homes kicks off with Millionaire Mama. A single mom who raised her three girls in a Miami apartment is looking for a stand-alone home, but host David Bromstad knows some gorgeous townhouses that may just change her mind.

The Great American Recipe: Love LanguagePBS, 9pmThe eight remaining cooks share favorite comfort foods and a dish inspired by a loved one. From first-date cuisine to sentimental recipes passed down through generations, love is definitely in the air.

American Anthems: Soldier on All FoursPBS, 10pmDecorated veteran Jason Johnsons Project K-9 Hero saves retired military and police dogs from being euthanized. Fellow veteran Michael Trotter Jr. and his wife, Tanya Blount, who comprise the music duo The War and Treaty, write and perform a powerful and soulful ballad that honors Jasons advocacy and raises awareness of the challenges these hero dogs face after service.

Antiques Roadshow Recut: Winterthur Museum, Hour 1PBS, 10:30pmWatch Roadshows first ever visit to Delaware in this half-hour recut episode featuring incredible appraisals such as Broadway costume sketches, a Tiffany diamond pendant and a 1923 Frank Schoonover oil painting. Learn which one is appraised at $125,000.

Tennis: Wimbledon: Ladies Singles FinalESPN, 9am LiveThe Wimbledon ladies singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club airs live on ESPN.

OthelloTCM, 3:30pmCatch a Classic!Despite working through a tough, three-year shoot at various locales in Italy and North Africa that was plagued by stops and starts due to logistical and financial problems, star/writer/director Orson Welles persevered with his creative genius to make this 1951 adaptation of Shakespeares classic tragedy every bit as visually inventive and compelling as his other Bard-inspired big-screen features: 1948s Macbeth and 1966s Chimes at Midnight. Welles (unfortunately working in blackface) leads the cast as the famed Moor of Venice, alongside Suzanne Cloutier as his innocent wife, Desdemona, and Michel MacLiammir as the scheming Iago. Othello was co-recipient of the top prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.

My Grown-Up Christmas ListHallmark Channel, 8pmOriginal Film!Journalist Taylor and Kevin, a member of the military, share a special bond that grows between them over the course of several Christmases that they spend together and apart. Stars Kayla Wallace and Kevin McGarry.

Flowers in the Attic: The OriginLifetime, 8pmOriginal Film Series!Based on the popular book series by V.C. Andrews, this four-part movie series starts with Part 1: The Marriage, introducing us to Olivia Winfield (Jemima Rooper) as she gives up her career, her home and her name to become Mrs. Malcolm Foxworth (Max Irons), the wife of the nations richest man. When she arrives at her new home, Olivia soon realizes that life at Foxworth Hall is far from the fairy tale she imagined it would be and begins to question the choices that led her down this path of eventual destruction.

Transplant: SavioursNBC, 8pmBash (Hamza Haq) saves a hostile man during his commute and gets some shocking news about his future.

Say Yes to the DressTLC, 8pmSeason Premiere!You Went From Snickers Bar to Caviar begins Season 21 of this reality series that makes wedding dress dreams come true for brides. Randy and the Kleinfeld team think they have seen everything, but this seasons brides are unlike any theyve experienced before including a bride-to-be who got engaged hours before her appointment, and a bride who uses her feet instead of her hands.

Would I Lie to You?The CW, 8:30pmSeason Finale!In Child Toy Model, the Season 1 finale of the comedy panel show, celebrity contestants Krysta Rodriguez, Amy Hoggart, Andrea Martin and Casey Jost form pairs and must determine who is sharing facts and who is spreading fiction. Aasif Mandvi hosts, and team captains are Matt Walsh and Sabrina Jalees.

Steal This HouseHGTV, 9pmNew Series!Celebrity IOU: Joyride and Garage Squads Cristy Lee stars in this new Detroit-based home renovation series. While she is known for her expertise in fixing cars, trucks and bikes, Cristys heart is also in home improvement. In the series, she helps frustrated home buyers see the potential in the most unexpected, inexpensive properties and works to turn them into astonishing homes. For her clients, Cristy proves that its worth the risk to buy a lower-priced house that needs work, create a smart renovation budget and invest in a renovation to transform the place into the home of their dreams.

Living With a Serial KillerOxygen, 9pmSeason Premiere!Season 2 of this true crime docuseries covers the criminal investigations of serial killers across the United States and United Kingdom, interviewing the people who knew them best. It explores the question of what it is like to learn that someone you shared your life with was actually a vicious murderer.

BET Her Presents: The CouchBET Her, 10pmSeason Premiere!This series returns for a third season, with two dramatic short films aimed at raising awareness of mental health issues affecting Black women. Thin, Like Me! is directed by Meagan Good and centers on a fitness models unhealthy relationship with food and body issues that comes to a head with her mother as they plan an anniversary celebration. Behind the Smile! is directed by Naturi Naughton and focuses on a newly promoted anchorwoman who falls into a deep depression when she is forced to choose between her dream job and her vitiligo support group.

Heartland Docs, DVMNat Geo Wild, 10pmSeason Finale!In the Season 4 finale, The Plot Chickens, the Schroeders solve a slate of mysterious cases: Dr. Erin gets to the bottom of a cats labored breathing, while Dr. Ben provides relief for a flock of featherless chickens and a bull with a bum hoof. Later, a bald eagle is rushed in with a life-threatening wound before the vets join forces to remove a pit bulls cancerous lump. And between cases, the docs motivate each other to shed a few unwanted pounds.

Ghost Brothers: Lights OutTravel Channel, 10pmNew Series!This paranormal series that has already been available on the discovery+ streaming service makes its linear Travel Channel premiere tonight. It follows the Ghost Brothers Dalen Spratt, Juwan Mass and Marcus Harvey as they explore haunted hot spots across the country, checking out and sizing up local legends and supernatural stories. In the premiere episode, Roff Family Rituals, when the spirit of an infamously possessed girl starts calling, the Ghost Brothers pick up the line.

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Human Behavior

Insights on the Eye Tracking Global Market to 2027 – by Type, Component, Location, Application and Region – ResearchAndMarkets.com – Business Wire

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Eye Tracking Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global eye tracking market reached a value of US$ 725.8 Million in 2021. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach US$ 2,939.4 Million by 2027, exhibiting a CAGR of 26.25% during 2021-2027.

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Keeping in mind the uncertainties of COVID-19, we are continuously tracking and evaluating the direct as well as the indirect influence of the pandemic on different end use industries. These insights are included in the report as a major market contributor.

Eye tracking refers to the process of monitoring and observing eye behavior such as pupil dilation and movement. It accurately and objectively quantifies visual attention to study human behavior by measuring the length of the user's gaze and determining at what and where an individual is looking. Eye trackers use invisible near-infrared light and high-definition cameras to project light onto the eyes. They record a wide range of activities that include blinking, looking, ignoring and other noticeable reaction of the pupil to stimuli. As a result, they find application in psychological research, packaging designs, and intelligent security systems.

The global eye tracking market is primarily driven by the growing applications of eye trackers in various industries. In the retail sector, eye trackers are used for gaining insights into consumer behavior by ascertaining how much time a consumer spends browsing a product. It can also be integrated with artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR).

Eye trackers are also employed by prison management systems and defense organizations to deploy biometric iris scanners for identifying individuals and tighten their security arrangements. Besides this, the vision tracker technology can be mounted directly on a tablet or desktop, which is further integrated within a wheelchair to allow users to control the wheelchair using vision movements. Furthermore, extensive investments in smart and wearable technology are providing a positive impact on the market growth.

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Key Topics Covered:

1 Preface

2 Scope and Methodology

3 Executive Summary

4 Introduction

4.1 Overview

4.2 Key Industry Trends

5 Global Eye Tracking Market

5.1 Market Overview

5.2 Market Performance

5.3 Impact of COVID-19

5.4 Market Forecast

6 Market Breakup by Type

7 Market Breakup by Component

8 Market Breakup by Location

9 Market Breakup by Application

10 Market Breakup by Region

11 SWOT Analysis

12 Value Chain Analysis

13 Porters Five Forces Analysis

14 Price Analysis

15 Competitive Landscape

15.1 Market Structure

15.2 Key Players

15.3 Profiles of Key Players

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The Backyard Monarchs of the Bay Area – Bay Nature

Monarch butterfly. (Photo by James St. John, Creative Commons BY)

It should be early for monarchs. But as a flutter of brown and orange sighs past me, windblown and lonely, during a long amble along the Marin Headlands in April, I exclaim, and I freeze. I watch it land with delightful poise on a Franciscan paintbrush. A monarch! But it is off and fluttering far from me before I can be certain. The internet, killer of dreams, proclaims that it was obviously a Hoffmans checkerspot, or, perhaps, a northern checkerspot, or a painted lady, or a Mylitta crescent.

But I am in need of a kind of optimism-of-the-unexpected. And so, I wonder whether it could have been a locally breeding monarchharbingers all at once of apocalypse and rebirthakin to those monitored by entomologist David James in the winter and spring of 2021.

These are the facts of the western monarch: they migrate in late fall, spend the winter in coastal California, and disperse across the western United States to breed in spring and summer. In the 1980s a recorded 4.5 million gathered in the winter sites. But by January 2021, the migrating butterflies had all but vanished, with less than 2,000 butterflies spread across the edge of a continent.

That same winter, amid a profusion of red, gold, and creamy purple milkweed, amid sun-yellow Euryops, in fragrant, spiky rosemary, and on rounded petals of common weedy field mustard, careful observers noted flutters of brown and orange. Soon, they saw dozens of soft, crawly larvae, and then, on the undersides of leaves, found first one small white-and-pale-green egg, and then another, and then another, and then more! Clustered together in colorful urban patches of nature in the South Bay, specifically the Googleplex in Mountain View and Rinconada Community Garden in Palo Alto, the monarchs were breeding. In the winter!

It is known that small populations of monarchs breed in the winter. They have set up permanent shop in Los Angeles, for instance. But the population boom in the Bay Area had not been seen before. It was unusually warm that fall, which may have accounted for the numbers. And tropical milkweed, which, unlike native milkweed, flowers through the winter and creates a suitable habitat for breeding, was abundant in gardens.

Whats more, reports of backyard monarchs breeding in summer in cities have increased dramatically since 2014, though of course that might be because more people want to report monarch sightings. But the growth of local, breeding monarchs is seen, at least by some, as a sign of the resilience of the monarchs, their ability to find new ways to persist in the face of an increasingly threatened migration. Might we be seeing the growth of a resident population of monarchs in the Bay Area?

A lot of people have this feeling that without the migration, the monarch is nothing, says James. Thats not necessarily true. If we got rid of the migration, the butterflies could still continue. For humans, that would be a pity. But in the ecology of thingsits not that bad.

The question may be whether we can separate the human from the butterfly. At almost every stage of life, the butterflies are threatened by climate change, habitat degradation, and increased use of neonicotinoid pesticides. At the same time, monarchs flourished in habitats that people made particularly habitable. People and monarchs are inextricably woven together, orange and brown, creating one pattern.

To James, the monarchs will do what they must to survive. And carving out small niches in urban dwellings is only the latest way butterflies have always exploited human behavior. It is humans who may struggle to adapt. I have a lot of confidence and faith in the adaptability of the monarch to outlive us, he says. [But] we are so used to seeing it abundant and common. It may be a shock for people to see that it becomes a rare butterfly, for a while at least. Thats the thing that gets most people. It might be something we have to cope with in the future. But, he adds, the butterfly will still have the ability to bounce back. Its like a cockroach.

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The story of the monarch has never been only about facts. It is about interest, attention, and proximity. To be close to something, perhaps close enough to brush its wing with the tip of a finger, is to be thrown into attention and, maybe, into love. The monarch migration may yet bounce backthe winter of 2022 saw the highest number of migrating monarchs since 2016. But it cannot be denied that the monarch population in the Western United States is declining, and small, urban populations are not likely to replace them. Many of usif we are not lucky enough to live near a local populationmay need to find new ways to be in proximity.

To tell a story is to summon phantoms from the dark, and in the brief illuminationin the millisecond it takes for wings to beat, for wind to catch, for something cherished to move onto try to pin it there. It is to say: these are the details worth repeating, this is what I would like to hold on to.

We do not know what will become of the monarchs. But what we tell ourselves about their changes may help us change. Deciding which details to hold on to, which story to tell, can be a way of finding proximity, and attention, and love, which is hope, again.

Here is where I land: I saw a monarch in the Marin Headlands last weekend. A new Bay Area neighbor, adapting to a changing world, making do with what is available, as we all must.

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The Rundown: July 4, 2022 Multiversity Comics – Multiversity Comics

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com.

In case you missed it, Marvel announced a new ongoing Spider-Man series by writer Dan Slott and artist Mark Bagley.

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Jonathan Hickman, Mike Del Mundo, and Mike Huddlestons 3 Worlds / 3 Moons universe will be debuting in print with an issue called Foundations, which is set for release at San Diego Comic-Con. Joining the creative trio on the issue will be designer Sasha E. Head, letterer Rus Wooton, and editor-in-chief Stephen Wacker. Foundations is set to follow a scientist called Doctor Tajo R. Vallar, who works for the Institute, an organization that seeks to maintain the scientific status quo by systematically covering up the existence of magic across the universe. Hickman, Del Mundo, and Huddleston had previously kept the development of the 3W/3M universe on their Substack, with digital and special editions of Foundations having already been made or set to be made available to different tiered subscribers. There will also be a booth and a panel for 3 Worlds / 3 Moons at SDCC, which takes place on July 21 through July 24. Check out a preview of Foundations over at Popverse.

WhatNot Inc. and Massive Publishing will be launching WhatNot Publishing with two launch titles: Alpha Betas and The Exiled. The four-part Alpha Betas series is based on the animated series of the same name, and was written by Kyle Starks with art by Michael Calero and Trevor Richardson. The series will chronicle four elite-level gamers hired by the government to enter video game worlds, preventing real-world problems from occurring as a consequence of the digital worlds collapsing. The Exiled is a sci-fi graphic novel by Wesley Snipes, Keith Arem, Adam Lawson, Gabriel Eskivo Santos, and Valentina Bianconi; it will follow Detective Niles Roach Washington in the pursuit of a serial killer five thousand years in the making. Launched as a Kickstarter project, The Exileds preview book was the result of Lawson and Arem teaming with WhatNot Publishing, but this partnership has expanded to see the graphic novel get a full release. Alpha Betas #1 is scheduled for release on October 12, with The Exiled set for early 2023, though its preview comic will be available at SDCC.

Publishers Weekly reported on six graphic novel deals this week. These included:

All three graphic novels are set to debut in Winter 2025. You can read the full details about all of the graphic novel deals this week here.

Syfy revealed that Resident Alien season 2 is set to return with the second half of its 16 episodes on Wednesday, August 10. In a teaser trailer, we see how the alien intended to wipe out humanity, Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk), is adopting more and more identifiable human behaviors despite his insistence that becoming more human is an awful thing; regardless of his behavior though, the trailer highlights that the survival of the world is at stake, and he is the only individual potentially capable of saving it. The series is based on the comic series of the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse. The trailer is available here.

Skip ahead if you want to avoid possible Black Adam spoilers: the action figures from the upcoming film have revealed the villain of the Dwayne Johnson-starring film to be none other than Sabbac. By way of the description for the figure, it was revealed that Sabbac will originally be a military Intergang leader that has been possessed by a demon, and has powers that are equal to those of Black Adam; with these powers, Sabbac intends to take over Kahndaq and maybe the whole world. Sabbac first debuted in Captain Marvel Jr. #4 by Otto Binder and Al Carreno in 1943. You can check out the action figure for Sabbac, as well as figures for a host of the other Black Adam characters here ahead of the films release on October 21.

Finally, to celebrate Pride Month, Square Enix released a short story called Marvel Avengers: A Sunset with You by writer Leyla K., with variant covers being provided by artists Paulina Ganucheau, Kris Anka, and Derek Charm. The story is an official expansion of the video games lore, and sees a trainee member of the Dora Milaje called Ayo trying to impress and charm her captain and crush, Aneka, with help from Ms. Marvel. Head over to the Marvels Avengers website to read or download the story.

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New omicron-specific COVID-19 boosters are coming this fall. What you need to know. – UCHealth Today

New omicron-specific COVID booster shots are coming this fall. Learn more about these new booster shots and who likely will need to get them. Photo: Getty Images.

New COVID-19 booster shots specially formulated to fight multiple omicron variants will be available by fall.

An advisory panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recommended approval of the new tailored COVID-19 booster vaccines, and the U.S. government plans to buy millions of vaccine doses for a fall booster campaign.

We consulted with infectious disease and COVID-19 expert,Dr. Thomas Campbell, to answer your questions about the newest COVID-19 booster shots and to learn more about who should get them.

Campbell ran clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines atUCHealth University of Colorado Hospitalon theAnschutz Medical Campus. He is alsoa professor of medicine and infectious diseasesat theUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine.

The original vaccines are still very effective in preventing hospitalization and death from COVID-19. They are particularly effective in people who have received the recommended boosters, Campbell said.

But its normal for viruses to change and for variants to develop, Campbell said.

In the case of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, multiple omicron variants have spread and become dominant throughout 2022. They include omicron variants known as BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5.

The original vaccines and boosters did not specifically fight these omicron variants because they hadnt developed yet. The proliferation of omicron variants has prompted the primary vaccine makers who are supplying COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. Pfizer and Moderna to create new, tailored versions of their booster shots that will better combat omicron variants. The vaccine makers have pledged to deliver the new doses by fall.

No. Not yet, Campbell said.

While its possible that well be able to get combined flu/COVID-19 vaccines in the future, for now, vaccine makers and health experts have not yet created a new double-duty flu/COVID-19 vaccine.

No. People who have never gotten COVID-19 vaccines should get their first two doses of the original vaccines as soon as possible. The new recipe of the booster shots was tested on people who already had their initial vaccine doses and one booster shot.

I would strongly advise people who are not vaccinated at all to complete the primary series of two shots (with the original vaccine), Campbell said.

No. People who have not received their first two vaccine doses known as the primary series still will receive the original vaccines. The original versions protect well against most strains of the virus. Its important to note that no one knows yet precisely which strains of the virus will be circulating this fall or in the future.

Even though we are dealing with omicron variants now, its still possible that another version of the virus like delta or the original strain could come back at a later time. So, we all need to make sure that were protected against the older variants, Campbell said.

When the new omicron-specific booster vaccines are authorized (and delivered), they likely will only be given to people who have already completed a primary series with the prototype vaccine.

Do not wait, Campbell advised.

If you have gotten your first two vaccine doses and are eligible for a booster shot, get it now. And if youre eligible for a second booster shot, get it as soon as possible, Campbell said.

The newest variants are highly contagious and are spreading widely now. The current vaccines and boosters are helping to reduce the severity of illness and are preventing some hospitalizations. So, its wise to get fully boosted now, Campbell said.

Adults who are ages 50 and older should get two booster doses. Thats also true for younger people who are immunocompromised or are especially vulnerable to getting severely ill with COVID-19.

Everyone ages 5 and older should get a booster dose after completing their primary series.

Babies and toddlers are now eligible for their first vaccine doses and are not yet getting booster shots.

It can be confusing to figure out who is eligible for booster shots and what the proper timing is. If you need help sorting out your specific situation and deciding when to get a booster shot, you can use a handy tool that health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have created.

There are three main reasons.

First, the newest omicron variants spread much more easily than previous versions, Campbell said.

Second, many people are not fully vaccinated.

In the United States, only a small portion of the population has received one booster, and an even smaller portion of the population has received two boosters, he said.

If more people can fully vaccinated and boosted, the spread of the current variants may decrease.

And third, antibodies from vaccines, booster shots or a COVID-19 infection decrease over time, making it easier for people to get infected for the first time or to get the illness again.

With the omicron variant, after the first booster dose, the protection starts to really drop off by about six months, Campbell said.

Researchers do not know yet how long the immunity after a second booster dose lasts.

Yes. Research is showing that most people who have had a recent case of COVID-19 should have high antibody levels for about three months. So, they can wait 90 days after a COVID-19 infection to get their next booster dose.

If youve just had COVID, theres no rush to go out and get the booster. You can safely delay getting it for at least three months, Campbell said.

The vaccine makers have told FDA medical experts that they plan to deliver the newest booster doses by about mid-October.

Federal health officials have not decided yet who will be eligible to receive them.

Campbell expects that FDA and CDC experts will want vulnerable people including those who are older, immunosuppressed or at risk for bad outcomes if they get COVID-19 to be first in line to get the newest booster shots.

Its possible, however, that federal officials will recommend the new omicron-specific booster shots for everyone, including younger people.

Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are a newer type of vaccine, known as mRNA vaccines. Its faster to create and change these types of vaccines, which is why the vaccine makers can incorporate new protection against omicron variants.

Its encouraging that well have these newer versions of the boosters, Campbell said.

He credits good science and attentive researchers.

They have paid very close attention to what the virus is doing, he said. And one of the advantages of the mRNA technology is that it can be changed fairly quickly to reflect what the virus is doing.

They do not, Campbell said.

Its important to know that researchers and vaccines makers must do the best they can to predict which vaccines will be spreading. No vaccine can be a perfect match for the future spread of a virus.

Under the best case scenario, the best technology is still three months behind, Campbell said.

Even so, people around the world are lucky that vaccine development is moving much more rapidly than it did in the past. And, it makes sense to have COVID-19 vaccines that protect people from a broad range of variants, not just omicron-specific vaccines, Campbell said.

The virus that causes COVID-19 is here to stay, Campbell said.

Its important to plan for another wave in the fall and winter because theres a good probability that it will happen, Campbell said.

Both vaccine-induced immunity and immunity from natural infection wane over time. We have a virus thats still here along with waning immunity. And human behavior changes in the fall, Campbell said. Kids will go back to school. The weather will be colder. The daylight hours will be shorter, so people will be indoors more and having more contact with other people. Then, well have Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years and travel associated with the holidays.

All of those patterns point to the continued spread of COVID-19, he said.

We have all the ingredients necessary to create a new wave, Campbell said.

So, he encourages everyone to pay attention to FDA and CDC guidance and to stay up to date on vaccines and boosters.

These recommendations are based on evolving information that comes from good science, Campbell said.

Get your booster per the authorization, whether its for everybody or people ages 50 and older. Once its authorized, get boosters sooner rather than later so your immunity levels are high by November and December, when all of the conditions for a fall spike are likely to converge.

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Viewpoint: In response to historical misuse of genetics to defend eugenics, some egalitarians call for defunding. Here’s why that’s not the solution -…

Its no wonder many people are wary of behavioral genetics. The field, which examines how the DNA were born with affects our behaviors, has been hijacked by eugenicists, white supremacists, and run-of-the-mill bigots as a way to justify inequality for minorities, women, poor people, and other disadvantaged groups for over a century.

But anyone interested in egalitarian goals should not shy away from the field, argues psychologist Dr. Kathryn Paige Harden. Instead, they should embrace it as a tool to inform policies that promote equality.

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Genetic research has even been used to justify eugenics: the belief that genetics indicate a natural human hierarchy that determines ones social value and standing. Eugenicists have advocated for sterilizing or otherwise attempting to eradicate individuals or entire cultural groups deemed genetically inferior or unfit due to their genes.

In response to this historic misuse, many people and organizations with egalitarian values have chosen to ignore, degrade, or ban funding for research on genetic and biological differences.

Dr. Harden takes the opposite stance. Despite or perhaps because of this historic misuse, she argues that people interested in equality cannot ignore genetic differences. To do so would allow the misinterpretation and abuse of genetic research to go unchallenged.

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Genetics, wrong tests and five other reasons why some Brits dodge Covid – The Mirror

There is still a significant amount of the population who have not tested positive for covid and scientists think they have figured out why

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As the UK makes its way through another covid surge it may seem difficult to believe that there are still people who have never caught the virus.

Thanks to a successful vaccine programme, life is back to normal and all covid restrictions have been lifted.

However, 180,000 patients have died and 22.7 million people have been affected so far, according to government data.

However, there are still people out there who have never caught the virus despite some people catching it three times and now scientists believe they have figured out why.

A number of major international studies are underway to find out whats making these people undefeated, the Daily Record reports.

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In the Midlands, Dr Tara Hurst, lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at Birmingham City University, is studying this area. Dr Hurst only contracted Covid herself last autumn, but said she's aware of the 'Covid lottery'.

"There is a population who say they've never had Covid and then are those poor souls who've had it several times," she said. "It is a very complex area which is now attracting a lot of research."

Given that Covid rates are rising, it's especially important to work out what can make people immune to Covid. This is all the more crucial given that new variants will arrive on British shores which may be resistant to our vaccines.

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Dr Hurst said a large number of people who proclaim to have never had coronavirus probably have had it.

"There's a high chance they had it but didn't have any symptoms," she said. "I'd say that between 45 to 90 per cent of people who think they've never had it actually have, but were asymptomatic."

She said one study had found that 45 per cent of people who tested positive actually had no symptoms. And once you've been vaccinated, there is often no way of knowing if you had ever had Covid.

There's another group of people who did have Covid but just dismissed it as a cold. This is because as the pandemic continued, the list of symptoms changed.

Dr Hurst said: "Not everyone had a cough or lost their sense of smell and taste. As the different variants arrived, so did the different symptoms and many sufferers would have just shrugged off their Covid, saying, it's just a cold."

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Another factor is testing, which was crucial for gauging the official rates in the population. Some people because of their jobs (for example, teachers and healthcare workers) had to be tested regularly, others have never taken a test and if they did, only did a lateral flow one, which isn't as reliable as the PCR tests.

Dr Hurst said there's also a very special - but small - group of people who have never had Covid and haven't been vaccinated. This could be down to luck, but it's more likely there's something going on with their genetics which makes them resistant to viruses such as Covid.

"These people are very rare indeed and there's something going on with their bodies which means they can get the virus but it doesn't affect their cells, which means they don't actually develop Covid," Dr Hurst said.

A study is currently underway to delve deeper into these people's health and participants are needed (details at the bottom of this article).

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As the pandemic continued, the most common way to find out if you had Covid was the Lateral Flow Test (LFT). At the height of infections, LFTs were given out free and were readily available and were easy to do.

All people had to do was put the swab up their nose and then wait a short time for the results. But LFTs weren't as reliable and accurate as the more uncomfortable PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, which involved the gag-inducing swabbing the back of the throat.

Some medics said LFTs were only 40 per cent accurate - which means millions of people who had a 'negative' result could in fact have been positive.

Dr Hurst said those who had not had any Covid symptoms, or never caught it, could be regarded as "super healthy". But it's more likely they have a more robust immune system

"This could be down to their genetics, but essentially they have an immune system which is super strong and fights the virus," she said.

"They will have good general health, with factors such as good levels of Vitamins C and D. Stress is also a huge factor in this, as high levels of stress can have a negative impact on the immune system."

The way you live and behave can have a big impact on whether you fall prey to Covid. Measures such as wearing a mask when out in public, avoiding large crowds, getting vaccinated and not getting too close (in proximity) to strangers are all proven to reduce your chances of getting the virus.

Just like the common cold, if you live in the countryside and don't come into close contact with people very often, then you're less likely to get it.

The answer is, nobody knows. Dr Hurst said: "I would say to those who've never had it - thank your lucky stars!"

Going forward, infections are starting to creep up again and there could be another wave in the autumn and winter and new variants are likely. Dr Hurst said: "Providing you've been vaccinated, the rest is down to common sense and being sensible."

* To find out more about taking part in the study to find out why some people have never had Covid, the details are here.

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Genetic test could tell millions of NHS patients if their hip or knee surgery will fail – iNews

Millions of people waiting for hip and knee surgery could soon be told whether their operation is likely to fail after scientists discovered a link between genetics and early failure of joint replacements.

In a world first, British researchers have found that DNA signals in saliva and blood samples are linked to an adverse reaction to the cobalt chrome materials in most joint implants.

It is thought a test to identify those patients who will have an adverse reaction to cobalt chrome will take at least two years before it can be rolled out but once in place should reduce the number of failed operations drastically.

About 15 per cent of Britons have these genetic characteristics, which make the immune system attack tissue around the material, causing pain and swelling, in a process similar to how a patient rejects an organ transplant.

Until now experts did not know what was causing the problem, which meant doctors had no way of telling if a patient would react badly to their new joint or not.

The research could lead to patients having more choice about what type of joint implant they decide on to boost their chance of success, which would transform the way orthopaedic surgery is carried out around the world.

In a trial, more than 600 patients who underwent joint-replacement surgery in the past 10 years were tested using saliva swabs and blood tests.

A computer analysed the data and revealed those patients who suffered complications carried specific genes. The team believe they can use this testing system to spot who would be at risk.

Currently, around 10 per cent of the population in the UK will have a joint surgically replaced in their lifetime, as a proven way to treat joint ailments such as arthritis. But as populations around the world grow older and heavier, this is leading to more joint replacement being performed, with some five million surgeries carried out across the world each year a number which is forecast to double over the next two decades.

The majority of patients are satisfied with the results of their surgery if joint replacements are successful they last between 15 and 25 years but a significant number of joint replacements fail early following adverse immune responses, leading to potentially dangerous and costly repeat surgery.

Patients with a genetic sensitivity to cobalt chrome usually have a second procedure within months of the first, using alternative materials.

The international study led by Newcastle University and published in Nature Communications Medicine, is the culmination of 14 years research by Dr David Langton, managing director at ExplantLab, a Newcastle-based organisation that investigates the links between genetics and the performance of medical devices which took part in the study.

Dr Langton said: Through our research we have been able to demonstrate that a significant percentage of patients carry a genotype that makes it more likely for them to have a reaction to a joint replacement made of a cobalt chrome component.

Our findings are a big step towards offering patients more choice about what type of joint implant they decide on, and helping them to make informed decisions about the risks involved.

Of the 6.4 million people currently on the waiting list for treatment on the NHS in England, more than 730,000 require orthopaedic surgery. Cobalt chrome is used in over 95 per cent of knee replacements, but alloys such as titanium and ceramic metals can be used as alternative, according to surgeons.

Tony Nargol, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, whose surgical team worked closely with Dr Langton, said: This exciting discovery comes as a result of the close working relationship our fantastic staff have had with Mr Langton and his team, as well as health staff from organisations across the world.

This work will help provide a practical way for health professionals to help patients in selecting the best type of implants for their individual bodies. It will mean better outcomes for our patients and could transform the quality of care we provide to our patients.

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People in the News at Genomill, Oxford Nanopore, Myriad Genetics, More – GenomeWeb

Genomill: Mike Doherty

Genomill has appointedMike Doherty, the former head of product development at Foundation Medicine, to itsboard of directors. In addition to serving on the board, Doherty will also be a strategic adviser as Genomill prepares to commercialize its Geno1 technology, a pre-sequencing platform to improve cost, performance, and scalability of next-generation sequencing.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies: Duncan Tatton-Brown

Oxford Nanopore Technologies has appointed Duncan Tatton-Brown as the incoming non-executive chair. Tatton-Brown will succeed Peter Allen, who will retire from the board at the end of July 2022. Currently, Tatton-Brown is a senior adviser to Ocado Group, a UK technology company, and serves on the boards of Cazoo and Trainline. Before that, he was Ocado'sCFO from 2012 to 2020. Tatton-Brown holds a master's degree in engineering from King's College, Cambridge, UK.

Myriad Genetics: Dennis Langer

Dennis Langer, a member of Myriad Genetics' board of directors, is resigning as a director, effective June 30. After retiring from this position, Langer will provide consulting services to the company for one year.

For additional recent items on executive appointments, promotions, and departures in the omics and molecular diagnostics space, please see the People in the News page on our website.

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Men’s health and infertility: Is it lifestyle or genetics? Experts answer – Hindustan Times

In the modern age, lifestyle plays a very crucial role to keep us mentally and physically healthy and when it comes to mens health, we often talk about cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension, early onset heart attack, life expectancy and so on but when it comes to reproductive health, leading to infertility or reproductive losses, males seem to be less informed. Nowadays, there is a high rise of delayed marriages and couples opting for only one or two children as infertility is now a major concern for such couples.

In about 50% of such cases, infertility is attributable to the male partner, mainly due to a failure in spermatogenesis and according to several studies, a severe decline in the sperm quality has been observed mostly contributed by the lifestyle, including smoking, drinking, long driving hours, stress and pollution. In a study done by Levine H et al., 2017, it was reported that there is a decline of 5060% in sperm counts amongst men from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

It is important to understand the various factors which impact sperm quality as well as the male fertility. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Upasana Mukherjee, Senior Genetic Counsellor at Neuberg Center for Genomic Medicine, shared The modern man, during his reproductive period, is exposed to the negative influence of widespread lifestyle-related habits such as smoking, alcohol, recreational drugs, less physical activity etc. Effect of cigarette smoking on male fertility may result from the combined roles of elevated oxidative stress, DNA damage, and cell apoptosis, which could explain not only the reduction in semen quality but also impaired spermatogenesis, sperm maturation, and sperm function reported to be present in smokers compared to non-smokers."

She added, "Smoking is not only associated with decreased sperm quality, it has also been found to be responsible for morphological changes of sperm and also with sperm DNA damage. The high sperm DNA fragmentation rate can contribute to male infertility and has also been associated with multiple miscarriages. It is found that the higher the sperm DNA damage index, the lesser the chances of achieving an ongoing pregnancy. Sperm DNA fragmentation analysis is now offered by many labs to assess the level of damaged sperms. This in turn can help the couple to take alternative reproductive methods (ART) for a successful pregnancy. Chronic alcohol consumption has also been found to have a detrimental effect on both semen quality and the levels of male reproductive hormones.

Gaur D.S et al.,2010 conducted a study on the male partners of couples facing primary infertility and they found that teratozoospermia (abnormal sperm morphology) was present in 63% and 72% of males who drank alcohol moderately (4080g/day) and heavily (>80g/day), respectively. None of the heavy alcohol drinkers were normozoospermic and most were oligozoospermic (64%), which is suggestive of progressive testicular damage in relation to increasing daily alcohol intake. Although the effects of alcohol on male reproductive function are dependent on the intake amount, a threshold amount of alcohol beyond which the risk of male infertility increases has not yet been determined. Several recreational drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, anabolicandrogenic steroids (AAS), opiates (narcotics) and methamphetamines are examples of illicit drugs that exert a negative impact on male fertility.

Upasana Mukherjee highlighted, About 15% of males with infertility have an underlying genetic cause. The genetic landscape of male infertility is highly complex, and at least 200 genes have been implicated in spermatogenesis. Over 25% azoospermic males have genetic causes. These include mostly chromosomal abnormalities (e.g sex chromosome abnormalities, Y chromosome microdeltion) involved in severe spermatogenic impairment and autosome-linked gene variations involved in central hypogonadism, monomorphic teratozoospermia, congenital obstructive azoospermia, and familial cases of quantitative spermatogenic disturbances. Genetic testing is relevant for its diagnostic value, clinical decision making, and appropriate genetic counseling.

According to Dr Sheetal Sharda, Clinical Geneticist and Director- Genomics Development and Implementation, unlike women, men are less aware about their reproductive health and when it comes to being evaluated for infertility or pregnancy loss, often the female is evaluated first but pregnancy and a positive pregnancy outcome are both dependent on both the partners. She revealed, With better understanding and awareness, timely evaluation for a genetic diagnosis and making lifestyle modifications can improve the reproductive health of both the partners.

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