Gene transfer cures diabetes in mice without side effect

A potential cure for Type 1 diabetes looms on the horizon in San Antonio, and the novel approach would also allow Type 2 diabetics to stop insulin shots. The discovery, made at The University of Texas Health Science Center, now called UT Health San Antonio, increases the types of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin. UT …

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First body transplant will be in China within ten months

Prof. Sergio Canavero, a neurosurgeon from Torino, Italy, is planning the world’s first transplantation of a human head (aka body transplant) within ten months. He gave an interview to OOOM magazine. Sergio is together with various teams in the US, China and South Korea, the author of more than 140 scientific publications continued to pursue …

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Rat Head transplant test leading to human head transplant

Researchers from Harbin Medical University in China and controversial neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero built upon earlier head-grafting experiments to figure out how to avoid damage to the brain tissue during the operation, as well as long-term immune rejection. Previously, scientists have attempted the procedure on dogs and monkeys, which helped to test neural preservation when blood …

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Malaria vaccine trials will start next year

The World Health Organization called today for accelerated scale-up of efforts to prevent malaria and save lives. In sub-Saharan Africa, which shoulders 90% of the global malaria burden, more than 663 million cases have been averted since 2001. Insecticide-treated nets have had the greatest impact, accounting for an estimated 69% of cases prevented through control …

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Fight Aging sees effective antiaging treatments for medical tourism within 5 years and several others in the pipeline

Fight aging is a site that is highly focused on radical life extension medicine and science. They have a forecast that within five years the first meaningful life extension treatments will exist. Senescent cell clearing overseas within five years for $5K-25K Five years from now, it will be possible to fly to an overseas clinic …

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Final Frontier Medical Devices won the tricorder xprize with device that can diagnose 90% of ER situations at home

Final Frontier Medical Devices was announced the highest performing team and received $2.5 million for their achievement and Dynamical Biomarkers Group received $1M for 2nd place. Both teams exceeded the competition requirements for user experience, nearly met the challenging audacious benchmarks for diagnosing the 13 disease states, and with their prototypes, have taken humanity one …

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Billionaire Jim Mellon invests in Insilico who use deep learning AI to find antiaging drugs

Insilico Medicine, a big data analytics company applying deep learning techniques to drug discovery, biomarker development, and aging research has closed an investment from the billionaire biotechnology investor Jim Mellon. Proceeds will be used to perform pre-clinical validation of multiple lead molecules developed using Insilico Medicine’s drug discovery pipelines and to advance research in deep …

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China’s fifth generation J20 fighter is not as stealthy as F22 an is still a few years from a competitive engine

The Center for Strategic and International Studies provides a detailed review of the capabilities of China J-20 stealth fighter. The J-20 provides China with a variety of previously unavailable air combat options and enhances its capability to project power. The J-20 is believed to be equipped with subsystems and field signature reduction technology that collectively …

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