Using a new technique, scientists have performed the world’s smallest magnetic resonance imaging to capture the magnetic fields of single atoms. It’s an incredible breakthrough that could improve quantum research, as well as our understanding of the Universe on subatomic scales.
“I am very excited about these results,” said physicist Andreas Heinrich of the Institute for Basic Sciences in Seoul. “It is certainly a milestone in our field and has very promising implications for future research.”
You’re probably most familiar with magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, as a method used to image internal body structures in medicine. An MRI machine uses highly powerful magnets to induce a strong magnetic field around the body, forcing the spin of the protons in the nuclei of your body’s hydrogen atoms to align with the magnetic field, all without producing side-effects.
Scientists believe even moderate amounts of exercise can slow cognitive decline in people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
A study published in the journal JAMA Neurology found a total of around 8,900 steps per day appeared to slow rates of cognitive decline and brain volume loss in people who were at high risk. The individuals were considered at risk because of the levels of amyloid beta—a protein thought to play a role in Alzheimer’s— in their brain.
Dr. Jasmeer Chhatwal, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and co-author of the research, told Newsweek: “These results suggest that very achievable levels of physical activity may be protective in those at high risk of cognitive decline and that this effect can be augmented further by lowering vascular risk.” Vascular risk factors include high blood pressure, obesity, smoking, diabetes, he explained.
EDNA Members monetize their genetic data by selling access to their data direct to researchers. With an average selling price of $350.00 and an average expectancy of up to 200 deals, this can translate to as much as $70,000.00 per person. Intended use and licensing of this data is controlled by smart contract and may include posted bonds provided by researchers to insure confidentiality and security of the data. Don’t give away this highly-valuable property. Claim it for yourself. Opt-In only when YOU decide. It’s your property and you should be in control.
My mission is to drastically improve your life by helping you break bad habits, build and keep new healthy habits to make you the best version of yourself. I read the books and do all the research and share my findings with you!
This video is an interview of Dr. Aubrey de Grey @ SENS on July 17, 2019. My wife, Lauren Nally, was our camerawoman.
- Please consider a donation so I can continue to keep my YouTube ads off: My Bitcoin Cash (BCH) address: qr9gcfv92pzwfwa5hj9sqk3ptcnr5jss2g78n7w6f2 or https://www.paypal.me/BrentNally - Please consider a donation to SENS: https://www.sens.org/
SHOW NOTES:
- Aubrey’s wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey - SENS wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SENS_Research_Foundation - like & follow SENS on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sensf/?ref=br_rs - subscribe to Undoing Aging’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAwxbQhlE6qcTXmKcxkaCGA/videos - follow Aubrey on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aubreydegrey - follow SENS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/senstweet - follow Aubrey on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aubrey-de-grey-24260b/ - follow SENS on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sensresearchfoundation/ 0:55 Type “Aubrey de Grey” into YouTube for lots of his lectures & interviews. 1:50 Update on the state of the anti-aging industry & explosion of private sector interest. 5:05 Intro for Aubrey 5:35 My May 30, 2019 interview with Sierra Sciences CEO Dr. Bill Andrews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx9yG6iTROQ 6:25 diversity of messaging in anti-aging is increasing. 7:10 My July 10, 2019 interview with BioViva CEO Liz Parrish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBFTwGPaPr4 8:28 Aubrey shares his updated thoughts on the role of telomerase in cancer in humans. 12:00 Liz had here telomeres tested by SpectraCell Laboratories: https://www.spectracell.com/clinicians/products/telomere-testing/ & LifeLength: https://lifelength.com/ 14:10 there has recently been more testing on humans in the field of the biology of aging. 15:44 It’s obvious to Aubrey & I that aging is a big problem but most people still don’t understand this. 18:40 profound difference between how scientists & technologists think. 22:11 Watch the documentary “The Immortalists” about Dr. Aubrey de Grey & Dr. Bill Andrews: https://www.theimmortalists.com/watch/? 22:58 updates on anti-aging investments & research projects. 30:01 stem cell therapy is intended to repair cell loss. 30:50: we have a massive funding problem to reverse human aging. 32:53 we must educate the public that aging is causing 100,000 deaths per day and funding biological age reversal research can change this. 36:52 Is human aging a disease? 44:10 FDA progress to treat age-related diseases/conditions. 47:38 World Health Organization ICD code progress to treat age-related diseases/conditions. 50:02 Trans-NIH Geroscience Interest Group (GSIG) 54:40 “triangular log jam” of funding with governments, scientists and public opinion. 56:30 Aubrey shares why SENS still exists. 1:00:38 Ethereum cryptocurrency founder Vitalik Buterin & other SENS donors. 1:01:55 Undoing Aging is a conference held every spring in Berlin, Germany. 1:04:53 July 2019 is Aubrey’s 2-year anniversary at AgeX as the VP of New Technology Discovery. 1:08:44 Jeff Bezos donated $100 million to Unity Biotechnology, Inc. (not Human Longevity Inc.) in 2018. 1:11:02 (Larry) Ellison Medical Foundation failure in reversing human aging. 1:14:15 Google co-founders creating Calico rather than investing in or donating to SENS 1:21: Aubrey shares details about his lifestyle as well as his recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. 1:24:25 Aubrey looks up to the longevity “foot soldiers“ 1:28:42 do what you love as much as you can to avoid excess mental, physical and emotional stress. 1:30:40 Aubrey is following all longevity therapies to determine their safety & effectiveness. 1:32:20 my stem cells story & Aubrey’s feedback. 1:34:58 EmCell in Kyiv, Ukraine is the only company doing fetal stem cells therapy. 1:39:20 exosomes 1:41:00 I’ve had no reply from Ambrosia founder Jesse Karmazin since October 2018. 1:42:51 My March 26, 2019 interview with Dr. Ed Park at Recharge Biomedical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgfYKsH0uw&list=UUCwpkla04t…qA&index=6 1:44:31 NAD+ 1:47:39 gene therapy 1:53:37 please network on the internet & in person with other longevity enthusiasts to help grow this movement faster. 1:58:48 mitochondria 2:00:48 long lived animals 2:01:49 consider a donation to SENS
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have published a new study that sheds light on skin rejuvenation, and it shares a link with what some cosmetic companies are doing using laser therapy.
A link between cosmetics and regeneration
During their study, the researchers found that the laser treatments used by cosmetic companies and retinoic acid, which is produced by the skin and sold commercially to treat wrinkles and sun damage, also target the same pathway. In addition, they also found that the activity of this pathway is increased in mice when they regenerate their hair follicles [1].
Researchers have created a new type of tiny 3D-printed robot that moves by harnessing vibration from piezoelectric actuators, ultrasound sources or even tiny speakers. Swarms of these “micro-bristle-bots” might work together to sense environmental changes, move materials—or perhaps one day repair injuries inside the human body.
The prototype robots respond to different vibration frequencies depending on their configurations, allowing researchers to control individual bots by adjusting the vibration. Approximately two millimeters long—about the size of the world’s smallest ant—the bots can cover four times their own length in a second despite the physical limitations of their small size.
“We are working to make the technology robust, and we have a lot of potential applications in mind,” said Azadeh Ansari, an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. “We are working at the intersection of mechanics, electronics, biology and physics. It’s a very rich area and there’s a lot of room for multidisciplinary concepts.”
The year-old Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now considered a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, in a formal declaration that many public health experts called long overdue.
“This is still a regional emergency and by no way a global threat,” said Robert Steffen of the University of Zurich, chairman of the W.H.O. emergency committee that recommended the declaration.
But the panel was persuaded by several factors that have made combating the epidemic more urgent in recent weeks: The disease reached Goma, a city of nearly two million people; the outbreak has raged for a year; the virus has flared again in spots where it had once been contained; and the epidemic hot zone has geographically expanded in northeastern Congo near Rwanda and into Uganda.
Researchers from RMIT University have drawn inspiration from optogenetics, an emerging tool in biotechnology, to develop a device that replicates the way the brain stores and loses information. Optogenetics allows scientists to delve into the body’s electrical system with incredible precision, using light to manipulate neurons so that they can be turned on or off.
The new chip is based on an ultra-thin material that changes electrical resistance in response to different wavelengths of light, enabling it to mimic the way neurons work to store and delete information in the brain. Research team leader Dr. Sumeet Walia said the technology has applications in artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can harness the brain’s full sophisticated functionality.
“Our optogenetically-inspired chip imitates the fundamental biology of nature’s best computer—the human brain,” Walia said. “Being able to store, delete and process information is critical for computing, and the brain does this extremely efficiently. We’re able to simulate the brain’s neural approach simply by shining different colors onto our chip. This technology takes us further on the path towards fast, efficient and secure light-based computing. It also brings us an important step closer to the realization of a bionic brain—a brain-on-a-chip that can learn from its environment just like humans do.”
The human body has plenty of nifty tricks to keep itself alive for as long as possible, and scientists still haven’t come close to figuring them all out. Case in point, a team of researchers this week describe a previously unknown type of cell near the heart that helps it heal from injury. The discovery could lead to new therapies or, at the very least, change how heart surgeons operate on our most precious organ, according to the researchers.
When an organ in our body gets injured, there are broadly two major sources of help it can marshal: the cells inside the organ, and the blood cells that can reach it through the networks of vessels that circulate all throughout the body. These blood cells can help clear debris and dying cells from the injury site, signal the rebuilding process to replace lost cells, and ward off foreign invaders like bacteria or viruses.
