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Oct 22, 2017
Drug Companies Make Eyedrops Too Big — And You Pay for the Waste
Posted by Derick Lee in categories: biotech/medical, health
ProPublica has been documenting the many ways health care dollars are being wasted. We’ve shown how hospitals throw out brand new supplies, nursing homes flush tons of unexpired medication and drug companies concoct costly combinations of cheap medication. Recently we described how arbitrary drug expiration dates cause us to toss safe and potent medicine.
Often, large swaths of the medical and pharmaceutical communities know about this waste — even about solutions to it — but do nothing. Those who end up paying the bill, in one way or another, are consumers.
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Oct 21, 2017
Scientists reverse aging in human cell lines and give theory of aging a new lease of life
Posted by Ian Hale in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Can the process of aging be delayed or even reversed? Research led by specially appointed Professor Jun-Ichi Hayashi from the University of Tsukuba in Japan has shown that, in human cell lines at least, it can. They also found that the regulation of two genes involved with the production of glycine, the smallest and simplest amino acid, is partly responsible for some of the characteristics of aging.
Oct 21, 2017
World’s First Human Head Transplant Will Take Place in December
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
Last year, Dr. Sergio Canavero created quite the ruckus (to put it mildly) when he vowed to be the first person to transplant a human head onto a deceased donor’s body. Yes, he is planning on attempting the world’s first human head transplant (or body transplant, depending on how you look at it).
In fact, it has been about a year since his initial proclamation, and the Italian neurosurgeon still stands firm on his declaration, despite claims from other experts that it is nothing but a PR Stunt (at best) or a hoax. Some have even hypothesized it’s all just a plot meant to promote Metal Gear Solid.
Transmedics, une machine qui permet de « réanimer » un coeur ayant cessé de battre. Une belle avancée pour augmenter considérablement le nombre de greffons disponibles pour les transplantations!
Via Explore Science
Oct 21, 2017
Here’s How Pharma Is Using AI Deep Learning To Cure Aging
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, robotics/AI
LEF has access to blood tests from its customers who take the product. That means data should be available in less than a year. If it works, we can expect other DNN-developed geroprotectors.
In 2011, scientists made one of the most important discoveries in the history of AI development. They found that graphics processing units (GPUs) are far better at simulating biological learning than central processing units (CPUs).
Oct 21, 2017
Researchers Discover Why Our Metabolism Slows Down As We Age
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Why our metabolism slows down as we age and the diseases it contributes to.
Researchers discover reasons for our age-related metabolic slowdown and show that metabolic changes lead to disease and aging.
Oct 20, 2017
Newly developed switch activates genes thousands of times better than nature
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, health
If scientists could precisely regulate gene expression, they could turn off the genes responsible for illness and disease and turn on those that enhance health and the immune system.
“This is why controlling gene expression is so fundamental,” said Northwestern University’s Julius Lucks. “Once you get a good handle on it, you can do anything.”
For Lucks, having a “good” handle on gene expression might be an understatement. He and his team have developed a powerful and versatile tool that achieves gene activation thousands of times better than nature.
Oct 20, 2017
PBS’s Documentary ‘The Gene Doctors’ Arrives Amid A Gene Therapy Boom
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, education
A new PBS film educates viewers about gene therapy at a time when the once controversial field of research is starting to bear fruit.
Oct 20, 2017
Why Eradicating Age-related Disease Could Benefit You and Your Family
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
The benefits of rejuvenation biotechnology to end age-related diseases could go beyond just the individual.
As I wrote in a different article, rejuvenation biotechnology promises a range of benefits for individuals. Lest anyone thinks that’s all rejuvenation has to offer, I reckon it’s worth discussing other ways that this technology would benefit larger groups of people—namely, your friends and family. If you are rejuvenated, that’s all good for you, but is there anything good coming out of it for your dear ones? Oh, yes.
Two burdens relieved with a single shot
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