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Nov 5, 2022

Starlink will introduce a data cap starting in December

Posted by in categories: computing, internet

Over the past couple of months, Starlink has branched out, offering its service in more ways than ever before. As more and more people sign up for its service, the network naturally gets a bit more strained and congested. Now it looks like Starlink is implementing a way to combat network congestion by creating a data cap.

According to The Verge, Starlink service will now have a data cap starting in December. Next month, residential customers will start off with a 1TB bucket of data that will be designated as “Priority Access.” Priority Access data will be used anytime the internet is accessed during the hours of 7 am to 11 pm. Once the data is depleted, users will encounter slower data speeds during peak hours. The bucket will be replenished at the top of every month, and customers will have the option to buy Priority Access data, but it will cost 25 cents per GB.

For the most part, this shouldn’t really affect many customers, as Starlink states that less than 10 percent of its users actually manage to hit this cap every month. In addition to a new data cap, the company will also be expanding its service to more parts of Alaska and also Canada, primarily focusing on the Northern areas. For areas in the region that aren’t yet covered, Starlink does have plans to expand to more areas in the first part of 2023.

Nov 5, 2022

Pharmacological thiamine levels as a therapeutic approach in Alzheimer’s disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Summary of the study.

Nov 5, 2022

This Harvard Female Scientist Wants To Use Genetics To Reverse The Age Of Your Skin

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, genetics

She worked in top labs at Stanford and Harvard. Now she wants to disrupt a 100-Billion-Dollar market by rejuvenating your skin using genetic engineering.

Nov 5, 2022

Introducing the Buck Institute’s Longevity Summit 2022

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, government, life extension

On December 6–7, 2022, the Buck Institute for Research on Aging will be hosting the Longevity Summit 2022. Lifespan.io is pleased to announce that we are an official media partner for this upcoming conference.

The Summit will see many of the leading experts in the field coming together in the grounds of the architecturally distinct Buck Institute. It is being framed as a peer-to-peer learning experience aiming to unite longevity entrepreneurs, pharma and biotech companies, investors, researchers, and government organizations.

Here’s what the organizers had to say about the event:

Nov 5, 2022

Dr Brian Kennedy — validating aging interventions and why rapamycin is the gold standard

Posted by in categories: business, education, life extension

Dr Brian Kennedy explains why verifying longevity interventions work is key and why the transition to human trials is so important.

Brian Kennedy is one of the busiest people in the longevity business, with fingers in many of the most interesting antiaging pies. He was at the Longevity Investors Conference recently, discussing some of the latest discoveries in longevity research and giving a longevity industry overview.

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Nov 5, 2022

Death In CRISPR Gene Therapy Study Sparks Search For Answers

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics

The lone volunteer in a unique study involving a gene-editing technique has died, and those behind the trial are now trying to figure out what killed him.

Terry Horgan, a 27-year-old who had Duchenne muscular dystrophy, died last month, according to Cure Rare Disease, a Connecticut-based nonprofit founded by his brother, Rich, to try and save him from the fatal condition.

Although little is known about how he died, his death occurred during one of the first studies to test a gene editing treatment built for one person. It’s raising questions about the overall prospect of such therapies, which have buoyed hopes among many families facing rare and devastating diseases.

Nov 5, 2022

Dr Charles Brenner: longevity is not a simple engineering problem

Posted by in categories: engineering, life extension

Dr Charles Brenner on the longevity understanding disconnect, the best interventions for longevity, and the NR trials he’d like to see.

The Longevity Investors Conference is a key event for those interested in learning about longevity investment opportunities and finding out more about the exciting directions in which the field is accelerating. The world’s leading and most private longevity-focused investors-only conference, LIC attracts some of the most prominent thought leaders.

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Nov 5, 2022

Supported Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease is Entering Clinical Trials

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

A major hallmark of Parkinson’s disease is the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, which in turn causes patients to lose motor control abilities. NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Alumna Malin Parmar, PhD, of Lund University, has spent a decade developing a cell therapy to replace these cells, and this revolutionary treatment (called ‘STEM-PD’) has just received approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial in Sweden.

“We are excited and looking forward to this clinical study of STEM-PD, hoping that it could potentially help reduce the significant burden of Parkinson’s disease. This has been a massive team effort for over a decade, and the regulatory approval is a major and important milestone,” said Dr. Parmar, who is a Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology at Lund, in a statement.

Dr. Parmar’s innovative work towards a Parkinson’s cell therapy earned her the NYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award in 2016, which provided support for her lab’s research until 2021, including her work on STEM-PD.

Nov 5, 2022

5 ways Forrester predicts AI will be “indispensable” in 2023

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

Join us on November 9 to learn how to successfully innovate and achieve efficiency by upskilling and scaling citizen developers at the Low-Code/No-Code Summit. Register here.

Forrester Research’s recently-released predictions report for artificial intelligence highlights what most have already observed: AI adoption has evolved from an emerging, nice-to-have trend to experiment with to a legitimate, must-do priority for enterprises.

Basically, get on board the AI train or be left behind.

Nov 5, 2022

Chinese gene-edited babies scientist seeks funding for DNA synthesiser

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

The controversial scientist freed this year from jail for illegal medical practices has relocated to Beijing for his proposed US$7.2 million project.