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Aug 19, 2020

Biological Age Test #4 in 2020: Getting Better or Getting Worse?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

My latest blood test results are in-how’s my biological age?

In the video I discuss my dietary approach prior to my latest blood test, the blood test results, and my plan to improve them going forward.

Aug 19, 2020

Could pineapples be the key to a COVID-19 cure?

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

A breakthrough COVID-19 treatment using pineapples has been accidently discovered by Australian scientists, but how does it compare to a vaccine?

Angela Cox speaks with Professor David Morris, the man behind the discovery.

Aug 19, 2020

Study finds cancer-boosting culprit that multiplies with age

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

“Observations of metastasising cells revealed something intriguing—a high level of something called methylmalonic acid (MMA), a metabolic byproduct that appears to accumulate as we get older.”

“So how does MMA induce these changes in cancer cells? The key seems to be in a sort of reprogramming that “switches on” a gene called SOX4.

Prior research has shown SOX4 encourages cancer cells to become more aggressive and prone to metastasis.

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Aug 19, 2020

Researchers examine the role of muscle strength in aging cognitive health

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

Research is showing a strong link between handgrip strength, walking speed, and cognition, indicating how improved physical health could boost elderly minds.

Based at Barwon Health, in the heart of Geelong’s clinical precinct, researchers are working to identify the —such as changes in , muscle strength and physical performance—for developing sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass, strength and function with advancing age) across the lifespan.

This testing involves the Geelong Osteoporosis Study (GOS) which began in the early 1990s, gathering adult participants from the electoral roll in the Barwon Statistical Division. During recent follow-up testing, researchers also measured cognitive function through a computer-based program, in tandem with evaluations.

Aug 19, 2020

Study finds clues to aging in ‘junk’ DNA

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

For decades, greater than 60% of the human genome was believed to be “junk DNA” that served little or no purpose in the course of human development. Recent research by Colorado State University is challenging this notion to show that junk DNA might be important after all.

A new study, published on June 5 in Aging Cell, found that a portion of noncoding genetic material, called repetitive element transcripts, might be an important biomarker of the aging process.

Tom LaRocca, an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science and faculty member in the Columbine Heath Systems Center for Healthy Aging at CSU, led the study to investigate a growing body of evidence that repetitive elements—transposons and other sequences that occur in multiple copies in the —may become active over time as we age.

Aug 19, 2020

Image Shows Chinese Submarine Entering Mysterious Cave Facility At South China Sea Base

Posted by in category: futurism

The rare satellite image shows a Chinese nuclear submarine entering into the mysterious submarine cave system at Yulin Naval Base on Hainan Island.

Aug 19, 2020

Watch SpaceX boat catch falling payload fairing in giant net (video)

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX just plucked another payload fairing out of the sky, and you can see video of the dramatic cosmic catch.

Aug 19, 2020

Can A.I. understand poetry?

Posted by in categories: business, robotics/AI

Primer Labs features examples that A.I. systems capable of natural language processing are poised to have a big impact on business.

Aug 19, 2020

Another Twist in the Debate Over the Origins and Structure of Mysterious Interstellar Object ’Oumuamua

Posted by in category: futurism

Scientists Determine ‘Oumuamua Isn’t Made From Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All

The debate over the origins and molecular structure of ‘Oumuamua continued with an announcement in that despite earlier promising claims, the interstellar object is not made of molecular hydrogen ice after all.

Aug 19, 2020

Romantic Relationship Dynamics May Be in Our Genes

Posted by in category: futurism

Summary: Variations of CD38, a gene associated with attachment behaviors in humans and animals, may play a key role in relationship behaviors and perceptions that support bonding.

Source: Scientific Reports

Variations in a gene called CD38, which is involved in attachment behaviour in non-human animals, may be associated with human romantic relationship dynamics in daily life, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.