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Mar 24, 2020

Study into better protection for healthcare workers — Against coronavirus infection

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Radboudumc and UMC Utrecht will investigate whether health care workers are better protected against the coronavirus after a vaccination against tuberculosis (BCG vaccine). This vaccine does not directly protect against the coronavirus, but provides a boost to the immune system, which may lead to improved protection against the coronavirus and a milder infection.


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Mar 24, 2020

Soft Exosuit Makes Walking and Running Easier Than Ever

Posted by in category: cyborgs

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A lightweight, flexible exosuit pulls on your muscles as you move to make you more efficient.

Mar 24, 2020

Old human cells rejuvenated with stem cell technology, Stanford-led study finds

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Old human cells return to a more youthful and vigorous state after being induced to briefly express a panel of proteins involved in embryonic development, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

The researchers also found that elderly mice regained youthful strength after their existing muscle stem cells were subjected to the rejuvenating protein treatment and transplanted back into their bodies.

The proteins, known as Yamanaka factors, are commonly used to transform an adult cell into what are known as induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells. Induced pluripotent stem cells can become nearly any type of cell in the body, regardless of the cell from which they originated. They’ve become important in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.

Mar 24, 2020

Turning Back the Clock on Aging Cells

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Researchers at Stanford University report that they can rejuvenate human cells by reprogramming them back to a youthful state. They hope that the technique will help in the treatment of diseases, such as osteoarthritis and muscle wasting, that are caused by the aging of tissue cells.

A major cause of aging is thought to be the errors that accumulate in the epigenome, the system of proteins that packages the DNA and controls access to its genes. The Stanford team, led by Tapash Jay Sarkar, Dr. Thomas A. Rando and Vittorio Sebastiano, say their method, designed to reverse these errors and walk back the cells to their youthful state, does indeed restore the cells’ vigor and eliminate signs of aging.

In their report, published on Tuesday in Nature Communications, they described their technique as “a significant step toward the goal of reversing cellular aging” and could produce therapies “for aging and aging-related diseases.”

Mar 24, 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

SARS-CoV-2 uses the SARS-CoV receptor ACE2 for host cell entry.

The spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 is primed by TMPRSS2.

Antibodies against SARS-CoV spike may offer some protection against SARS-CoV-2.

Continue reading “SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor” »

Mar 24, 2020

Microsoft gets ready for a new era of Windows

Posted by in category: futurism

Microsoft’s new Windows leader, Panos Panay, is getting ready for a new era of Windows. The first change is a new Windows Insider leader, and we expect to see lots of small and steady improvements to Windows in the coming months.

Mar 24, 2020

Team develops photosynthetic proteins for expanded solar energy conversion

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biological, solar power, sustainability

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has developed a new photosynthetic protein system enabling an enhanced and more sustainable approach to solar-powered technological devices.

The initiative is part of a broader effort in the field of to use proteins in place of man-made materials which are often scarce, expensive and can be harmful to the environment when the device becomes obsolete.

The aim of the study, published today in Nature Communications, was the development of “chimera” complexes that display poly-chromatic solar energy harvesting.

Mar 24, 2020

Reno is home to one of the world’s largest ventilator companies. We talked with its CEO about COVID-19

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Company is growing to meet demand, taking extra measures to protect workforce and won’t raise prices, CEO says.

Mar 24, 2020

FDA will allow doctors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients with blood from survivors

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The FDA gave doctors the OK to begin using convalescent plasma donated by COVID-19 survivors to treat critically ill coronavirus patients.

Mar 24, 2020

Google Invents AI That Learns a Key Part of Chip Design

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

AI helps designs AI chip that might help an AI design future AI chips.