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May 28, 2019

Building the Future of Global Health: Big Tech’s Big Ideas

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

Ira Pastor, ideaXme longevity and aging ambassador and founder of Bioquark interviews Luba Greenwood J.D., Strategic Business Development and Corporate Ventures, Verily (Google Life Sciences), Board Member Mass Bio and Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics LLC.

Note: Following this interview, Verily announced a major set of collaborations with big pharma companies, further executing on its strategy in healthcare. Breaking news: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/20/alphabet-verily-doing-clinic…T4eLzIucEI

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May 28, 2019

Brain Implants Market: World Approaching Demand & Growth Prospect by 2024

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Brain implants are the neural implants that directly connected to the brain. These implants electrically stimulate, block or record the signals from the brain. It enables communication between the brain and electronic devices, thus permitting brain activity to be modified, recorded or translated. This growth is primarily driven by Increased Neurological Disorders Like Alzheimer’s disease and Rise in Geriatric Population.

Advance Market Analytics recently introduced Brain Implants Market study with in-depth overview, describing about the Product / Industry Scope and elaborates market outlook and status to 2025. Brain Implants Market explores effective study on varied sections of Industry like opportunities, size, growth, technology, demand and trend of high leading players. It also provides market key statistics on the status of manufacturers, a valuable source of guidance, direction for companies and individuals interested in the industry.

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May 28, 2019

SpaceX’s bright Starlink satellites are upsetting astronomers

Posted by in categories: internet, satellites

SpaceX launched 60 internet satellites last week and their bright appearance has caused concern amongst astronomers, who say plans for 12,000 of them could ruin the night sky.

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May 28, 2019

Hosted by Dr. Oliver Medvedik

Posted by in category: innovation

Hosted by Dr. Oliver Medvedik, the May edition of Journal Club will focus on the recent publication by the Spiegel Lab at Yale University where two forms of advanced glycation end products were successfully cleaved. We already discussed this important breakthrough in our article – Reversal of Two Advanced Glycation End Products Achieved. Now we will be taking a deeper look at the data during the journal club.

Link to Paper:

https://sci-hub.tw/https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/1.…201900158

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May 28, 2019

Developing a Biotechnology Startup in the Rejuvenation Field

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Alongside our Ending Age-related Diseases 2019 annual conference, we are proud to announce the launch of a special pre-conference biotech workshop led by Dr. Kelsey Moody, CEO of Ichor Therapeutics, a successful and rapidly growing rejuvenation biotechnology company.

This joint event between the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation and Ichor Therapeutics is an essential workshop where you will learn about the fundamentals of launching and growing a successful biotechnology company with an emphasis on the nuances specific to the emerging rejuvenation biotechnology industry.

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May 28, 2019

Medical Benefits of Snake Venom

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Snake venom has some amazing medical applications!

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May 28, 2019

New Pacemaker Harvests Energy from the Heart

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A device that converts the heart’s mechanical energy into electrical energy has been successfully tested in pigs.

  • By Harini Barath on May 28, 2019

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May 28, 2019

Provocative study shows how the herpes virus can speed up the onset of Alzheimer’s disease

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

An intriguing new study from researchers at Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet has described a mechanism by which virus particles can interact with proteins in biological fluids and become more infectious, while also accelerating the formation of plaques often associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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May 28, 2019

Albino panda cub is the cutest genetic rarity you’ll see today

Posted by in category: genetics

Nothing has ever looked so close to an IRL Pokémon.

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May 28, 2019

Meet the world’s first cable-free elevator—it can zoom horizontally or vertically

Posted by in category: futurism

Willy Wonka’s preferred mode of transport has become a reality. (from 2017)


It could help change the way that buildings are designed, as well as getting you to your floor faster.

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