Japan’s decades post 1990 are known as ‘the lost decades’ but GDP per capita growth was comparable to that in the US and Europe. Japan never really experienced any major decline in production or anywhere near double digit unemployment. Europe is currently progressing through a lost decade that is showing worse GDP performance for the …
The Carnival of Space 368 is up at Photos to Space. Universe Today – When Saturn is at its closest to Earth, it’s three-quarters of a billion miles away — or more than a billion kilometers! That makes these raw images from the ringed planet all the more remarkable. Space io9 – Engineers unfolded the …
At the SENS 2014 Rejuvenation Biotechnology Conference, I spoke with George Church. George feels that reversing aging is an easier goal than slowing aging. There has been proof of reversing aging with the resetting of cells back to a pluripotent stem cell state. Reversing aging is science which is faster to test. Slowing aging can …
There was a 6.0 earthquake near Napa, California. Nearby Cities 6km (4mi) NW of American Canyon, California 9km (6mi) SSW of Napa, California 13km (8mi) NNW of Vallejo, California 14km (9mi) SE of Sonoma, California 82km (51mi) WSW of Sacramento, California The earthquake lies within a 70-km-wide (44 miles) set of major faults of the …
George Takei (Sulu from the old Star Trek) series posted on Facebook TWICE and Tweeted about us as well. Because of this, our Kickstarter has shot through the roof. Axanar is the # 1 most popular Kickstarter right now and has added over $160,000 so far today. If you liked this article, please give it …
Michael Kope George Church Jeanne Loring [scripps] Brock Reeve [harvard stem cell] George Church thinks technology will impact. Gene therapy will fix the most sick first but then spread to other diseases and then to dual use sickness and health-longevity. Social and issues about difference in life expectancy. 14 year difference in life expectancy between …
Speakers on a panel are considerong the possibility of applying a drug design similar to ones emerging from the Alzheimers disease and cancer communities. The feasibility of applying such a model will be considered with the biology of the disease, regulatory concerns and pharma needs in mind. Aubrey de Grey Christy Carter, University of Florida …
Molecular engineering of gene therapies for the nervous system DNA as medicine Historical timeline in molecular medicine development started with small molecules (1908 start) Protein therapies (1920s start) gene therapies (1980s had some therapies that were somewhat effective) Stem cells (1960s start) More chronic health conditions are now the problems. Chronic age related disease alzheimers, …
Breakthroughs in diabetes research is being presented. The cellular and biological causes of diabetes. Camillo Ricordi – Cellular therapies and regenerative medicine strategies for treatment of diabetes Lipogems in chondropathy (coldplay) Cell Transplant – A new nonenzymatic method and device to obtain a fat tissue derivative highly enriched in pericyte-like elements by mild mechanical forces …
Escalating societal healthcare needs have driven an unprecedented era of biomedical innovation. How do we speed healthcare from the lab to bedside. Evan Snyder If the standard of care suboptimal or no therapy cure exists. If the biological data makes sens when subjected to critical scrutiny. Andrew Matello Bob Clay If you liked this article, …
Undoubtedly, Peter Diamandis is one of the most enthusiastic and charismatic futurists around. Holding key roles with organizations such as Singularity University (which he founded with Ray Kurzweil), Planetary Resources, Chairman at Human Longevity with Craig Ventner, and the Ansari X Prize Foundation. Peter Diamandis Peter also co-authored Abundance, which, admittedly, is my go to recommendation and reference when techno-pessimists ask me about …