Nov 17, 2019
Surgery for Blocked Arteries Is Often Unwarranted, Researchers Find
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Drug therapy alone may save lives as effectively as bypass or stenting procedures, a large federal study showed.
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Nov 17, 2019
Cryonics: Ambulance To The Future?
Posted by Tanvir Ahmed in categories: biotech/medical, cryonics, life extension
Ira Pastor ideaXme exponential health ambassador interviews Mr. Dennis Kowalski, Cryonics Institute President, EMT-paramedic, certified in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), advanced pediatric life support (PALS), a CPR Instructor for the American Heart Association, and a fire fighter!
Ira Pastor comments: Cryonics is defined as the extremely low-temperature freezing (or vitrification — converting into glass or a glass-like substance) usually at −196 °C or −320.8 °F or 77.1 K, and storage of a human body or part of a human body, with the hope that resurrection may be possible in the future.
Nov 17, 2019
RNA Therapies — Professor Dr. Lorna Harries, PhD — University of Exeter Medical School — ideaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, biotech/medical, chemistry, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, posthumanism, science, transhumanism
Nov 17, 2019
Cryonics Institute President Dennis Kowalski — ideaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, bioprinting, biotech/medical, business, cryonics, futurism, health, life extension, posthumanism
Nov 16, 2019
Is death optional? ⇒ Kirno Sohochari
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, Ray Kurzweil, robotics/AI
Merging of human biological arrangements with nonbiological machine hardware is perhaps not fairy at all. Futurist Ray Kurzweil mentioned his fairy dream over again that the historic Homo sapiens are not so far remote to the fifth epoch revolution. They human species is cramped to leave their biological genes and sluggish brain circuitry to merging them with the electrified hardware and fastest machine intelligence. Merging with electrified intelligence is unavoidable because of the slow computation power of human brain circuitry. Information processing and its exchanging ratio of a biological brain are extremely sluggish compared to the nonbiological brain. Despite its amazing innovative capacity of thinking, envision or consciousness, the human brain looks crawler if a goosey person even observes the current computation pace of nonbiological machine-brain for instance.
… Daniel Kahneman’s evidential works help readers summate the conclusion that the battle amid desire and choice is not an episodic whiff of latter, nor anybody can consider it a consequent tethering of modernity, rather the prehistoric beginning was also alluring by this in a bit different context. Memory-preserver neuron cells how to make a deep impact on human happiness levels have appeared crucial in Kahneman’s investigation. … …
Harari’s conversation with Kahneman echoed his historical findings that how human species manipulate Nature in an excuse to achieve individuality and happiness. He put forward statistical references to establish his findings of the behavioral shifting of human civilization; that is,— the personification of Naturebond life then diverts human species to a different track. They missed the integrity of taking Holistic View that a ‘piece or segment’ is ultimately the part of a ‘whole’ and any partial piece or segment never sustains long if it failed attached itself to the whole. Lil bit reminder of Chief Seattle’s Letter may relevant here. It is said that the native leader once wrote a letter to the President of the United States addressing the burning land settlement issues against his tribe:
Nov 16, 2019
New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Transplanting embryonic progenitor interneurons into the hippocampus of mouse models of TBI, researchers noticed the neurons migrated to the injury site and made new connections. Following treatment, memory improved and seizures were reduced.
Nov 16, 2019
A severe shortage hits a drug used for cancer, immune disorders, epilepsy, causing canceled treatments and rationing
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Immunoglobulin anyone??? r.p.berry & AEWR.
Increased demand — along with the time it takes to manufacture the lifesaving immune globulin medicine — has led to limited supplies.
Nov 16, 2019
Tardigrade DNA Added to Human Cells Could Help Us Survive on Mars, Scientist Says
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, space travel
SOME Geneticists scare the hell out of me??? AEWR.
Will we one day combine tardigrade DNA with our cells to go to Mars?
Chris Mason, a geneticist and associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell University in New York, has investigated the genetic effects of spaceflight and how humans might overcome these challenges to expand our species farther into the solar system. One of the (strangest) ways that we might protect future astronauts on missions to places like Mars, Mason said, might involve the DNA of tardigrades, tiny micro-animals that can survive the most extreme conditions, even the vacuum of space!
Hypoxia, stress induce genetic, physiological adaptations through HIF signaling pathways. Adaptations result in context dependent improvement or disease.
Nov 16, 2019
Precision Medicine and the Power of Stem Cells: Highlights of the 2019 NYSCF Conference
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, PhD, made a discovery that revolutionized biomedical research and earned him a Nobel Prize. His lab found that stem cells, the body’s ‘building blocks,’ can be made from just a small sample of skin. These cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), have changed the way we research disease, bringing us closer than ever to cures — Dr. Yamanaka’s (and NYSCF’s) ultimate goal.
“I am doing whatever it takes to bring this technology to patients,” remarked Dr. Yamanaka, in his keynote address at the 2019 NYSCF Conference. “When I was training as a young surgeon, my father passed away. I couldn’t do anything to help him, and that had a huge impact on me. I truly believe that it is science that will help patients suffering from intractable diseases.”
During the 2019 NYSCF Conference held at The Rockefeller University on October 22–23, over 500 researchers, students, and thought leaders shared their latest findings in translational stem cell research, highlighting how stem cells are being used to illuminate disease mechanisms, discover new therapies, and advance precision medicine.
