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Jun 27, 2019

Turtle study shows hearts can be programmed to survive without oxygen

Posted by in category: futurism

University of Manchester and University of North Texas scientists are the first to show that an embryonic living heart can be programmed to survive the effects of a low oxygen environment in later life.

Jun 27, 2019

Researchers reach milestone in use of nanoparticles to kill cancer with heat

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

Researchers at Oregon State University have developed an improved technique for using magnetic nanoclusters to kill hard-to-reach tumors.

Jun 27, 2019

Heart Failure and Ribose Magazine

Posted by in category: futurism

Supplementing with D-ribose reduces symptoms of heart failure by improving cardiac function. A multi-pronged approach to managing heart failure is described.

Jun 27, 2019

A vaccine for Alzheimer’s is on the verge of becoming a reality

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

There are certain enzymes — proteins — plaques that help cause Alzheimer’s, just recently in fact {which I as most could have told them} the gut microbes and mouth microbes are found to assist in Dementia and Alzheimers. But I and Hippocrates as others have been declaring that fact for quite some time… Respect AEWR wherein the amazing gathered data of mankind has yielded the many causes and a cure for aging…


For decades, research into Alzheimer’s has made slow progress, but now a mother and daughter team think they have finally found a solution – a vaccine that could inoculate potential sufferers.

Jun 27, 2019

Google Is Giving Away AI That Can Build Your Genome Sequence

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

Circa 2017


The deep learning tool can identify all the small mutations that make you unique, more accurately than every existing method.

Jun 27, 2019

By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variations

Posted by in categories: chemistry, media & arts, quantum physics

Researchers at MIT have developed a system for converting the molecular structures of proteins, the basic building blocks of all living beings, into audible sound that resembles musical passages. Then, reversing the process, they can introduce some variations into the music and convert it back into new proteins never before seen in nature. Credit: Zhao Qin and Francisco Martin-Martinez.


Want to create a brand new type of protein that might have useful properties? No problem. Just hum a few bars.

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Jun 27, 2019

New Drug Could Treat Paralysis and Fix Injured Spinal Cords

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Jun 27, 2019

Storing sperm in a freezer for a decade hardly affects birth rates

Posted by in category: futurism

Many countries impose time limits on storing frozen sperm, but a sperm bank study has found this may not be necessary as it has little effect on birth rates.

Jun 27, 2019

Mapping the mind with nanotechnology

Posted by in categories: genetics, mapping, nanotechnology, neuroscience

Genetic Brain-Mapping of Autism.


The Brain Initiative is combining neuroscience with nanotechnology in the world’s biggest project to understand the mind. By Katharine Sanderson.

Jun 27, 2019

Scientists create “artificial life” — synthetic DNA that can self-replicate

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, innovation

In one of the biggest breakthroughs in recent history, scientists have created a synthetic genome that can self-replicate. So what does this mean? Are we about to become gray goo?

Led by Craig Venter of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the team of scientists combined two existing techniques to transplant synthetic DNA into a bacteria. First they chemically synthesized a bacterial genome, then they used well-known nuclear transfer techniques (used in IVF) to transplant the genome into a bacteria. And apparently the bacteria replicated itself, too, thus creating a second generation of the synthetic DNA. The process is being hailed as revolutionary.