Archive for the ‘life extension’ category: Page 590
Feb 21, 2016
Fountain of Youth? Russian Scientists Discover a Possible Cure for Aging
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
“Many doctors believe that #aging is a disease and can therefore be cured,” and Russian scientists may prove it right! #medicine
Feb 20, 2016
How genetics regulate ageing
Posted by Aleksandar Vukovic in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
“Finding that GDF11 levels are under genetic control is of significant interest. Since it is under genetic control, we can find the genes responsible for GDF11 levels and its changes with age,” said the study’s senior author Rob Pazdro, assistant professor at University of Georgia in the US.
Scientists have shown that a hormone instrumental in the ageing process is under genetic control, introducing a new mechanism by which genetics regulate ageing and disease.
Feb 20, 2016
Now this is an “outsider candidate”: Zoltan Istvan, a Transhumanist running for president, wants to make you immortal
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: business, geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism
A story from Salon on transhumanism:
While we have a rare combination of candidates with a real chance of taking the White House — a woman, a Jewish socialist and a real estate magnate — there’s another you probably haven’t heard about: a Transhumanist.
Zoltan Istvan, 43, the leader and founder of the Transhumanist party, has entered the race as a third-party candidate promising the “facilitation of immortality.” Istvan, who lives in California, first made headlines when he set out on a cross-country campaign tour in a bus shaped like a hearse last September. His main philosophy: enliven America’s technological advancement by combining humans with machines, to improve and prolong life.
Feb 20, 2016
Ray Kurzweil: Why We Should Live Forever
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: life extension, Ray Kurzweil
“I believe our civilization is going to be vastly more intelligent in the decades ahead,” Kurzweil told Time. “You can argue how we got here, but we are the species that goes beyond our limitations. We didn’t stay on the ground. We didn’t stay on the planet. Our species always transcends.”
The famous inventor and tech pundit shares a few words on why he thinks humans will soon live forever.
Feb 19, 2016
The Major Mouse Testing Program
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
Overview.
What is the MMTP? The MMTP is an ambitious project, designed to radically speed up the rate of progress in the field of regenerative medicine and aging research.
The project is the brainchild of our parent organisation, The International Longevity Alliance, a nonprofit foundation for science advocacy and research. The testing and discovery of compounds and treatments to delay or stop the processes of aging is a slow affair, with very few high quality, high impact studies conducted each year.
Feb 18, 2016
Welcome to Major Mouse Testing Project
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, business, life extension
The MMTP needs your support!
Have you ever considered your destiny may depend upon, you personally? And beyond that, have you considered the destiny of many others may depend upon your actions? People who have changed the world, didn’t have any doubts that the future depended on their actions. Scientists, businessmen and famous public figures didn’t wait until someone did something important for the world. They took responsibility for what was happening around and acted, despite all the difficulties. Are you ready to become such a person? Maybe you too have always wanted to make a significant difference, but didn’t know where to begin? So spend a moment to read the information below.
Today there is a unique project being prepared by a group of scientists, activists and other like minded people from many countries. A project which will give us the opportunity to rescue millions of people from future suffering. The project brings the fight against aging to a global level. Each day people suffer and die from the many diseases associated with aging. Researchers worldwide are engaged in a valiant effort to save countless lives in the near future.
Feb 17, 2016
Insilico Medicine launches Aging.AI — deep-learned predictor of age trained on blood tests
Posted by Karen Hurst in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, robotics/AI
Feb 17, 2016
The First 3D Bioprinter That Can Print Body Parts for Large Scale Human Implantation
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, life extension
After 10 years of development, the Wake Forest Institute of Regenerative Medicine has finally unveiled a 3D printer that can craft simple tissues, such as cartilage, into complex shapes suitable for implantation.
The printer uses cartridges filled with biodegradable plastic and human cells bound in gel form, and it can grow muscle, cartilage, and even bone. When implanted into animals, these crafted tissues have been shown to survive and even thrive for an indefinite amount of time.
“This is the first [bioprinter] that can print tissue at the large scales relevant for human implantation,” lead scientist behind the project, Anthony Atala, says in the release. “Basically, once we’ve printed a structure, we can keep it alive for several weeks before we implant it. Now the next step is to test these [printed tissues] for safety so we can implant them in the future in patients.”
Feb 16, 2016
Doctors 3D-print ‘living’ body parts
Posted by Matt Johnstone in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, life extension
Custom-made, living body parts have been 3D-printed in a significant advance for regenerative medicine, say scientists.
The sections of bone, muscle and cartilage all functioned normally when implanted into animals.
The breakthrough, published in Nature Biotechnology, raises the hope of using living tissues to repair the body.
