Archive for the ‘bioengineering’ category: Page 137
Mar 30, 2019
Giant viruses have weaponised CRISPR against their bacterial hosts
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Hundreds of giant viruses that infect bacteria have been discovered. Some seem to deploy CRISPR – the system used for gene editing – to fight their hosts.
Mar 30, 2019
Telomere Lengthening: Curing all diseases including cancer & aging
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, education, life extension
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This video is a book review of Telomere Lengthening: Curing all diseases including cancer & aging by Dr. Bill Andrews and Jon Cornell.
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Mar 29, 2019
Dr. Peter de Keizer — Cleara Biotech BV — Senolytics — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Tags: aging, bioquark, biotech, cancer, cleara, health, healthspan, ira pastor, lifespan, regenerage, regeneration, research, science, senolytics, wellness
Mar 28, 2019
Long term study finds engineered blood vessels turned to living tissue
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Researchers from Yale and a medical company called Humacyte have published the results of a long term study that shows engineered blood vessels that are implanted into humans eventually evolved into living tissue. The vessels are known as bioengineered acellular human vessels (HAVs).
Mar 28, 2019
The biggest revolution in gene editing: Crispr-Cas9 explained – video
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
Prof Jennifer Doudna, one the pioneers of Crispr-Cas9 gene editing, explains how this revolutionary discovery enables precise changes to our DNA, which can be used to correct mutations that cause genetic diseases and eradicate them from a germ line. Doudna raises the key issues of debate around gene editing and suggests what will have the most immediate impact.
Mar 26, 2019
Gene Editing Tools Like CRISPR May Help Us Cure Herpes One Day
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical
Mar 22, 2019
Dr. John LaMattina — Former President Pfizer Global R&D; Partner PureTech Ventures — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science, transhumanism
Tags: aging, akilli, biopharma, bioquark, biotech, health, healthspan, ira pastor, John Lamattina, Life extension, lipitor, longevity, metformin, mTOR, Pfizer, pharma, PureTech, viagra, wellness
Mar 21, 2019
With Launch Of New CRISPR Company, Competition Extends To Diagnostics
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, space
The gene editing technology CRISPR, which has spawned several startups aiming to use the tool to develop new therapies, is now the inspiration for a new company in a less-crowded space: diagnostic testing.
Sherlock Biosciences is launching in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with $35 million in funding. That includes $17.5 million in the form of a non-dilutive grant from the Open Philanthropy Project, an organization primarily funded by Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire cofounder of Facebook and Asana, and his spouse, Cari Tuna. The Open Philanthropy Project is also making a separate investment in Sherlock, along with other undisclosed investors. CEO Rahul Dhanda says he’s still raising more funding for the company’s Series A.
One of Sherlock Biosciences’ key technologies comes from the Broad Institute lab of Feng Zhang, who did some of the early work elucidating the DNA-modifying potential of CRISPR and its associated enzymes after their discovery in bacteria.
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Mar 21, 2019
Beyond Metformin For Aging — Jahahreeh Finley — IdeaXme — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, cryonics, futurism, genetics, health, life extension, neuroscience, science
Tags: aging, AI, AMPK, Artificial Intelligence, bioquark, biotech, health, healthspan, immortality, ira pastor, life, lifespan, longevity, metformin, mTOR, patents, rapamycin, wellness