Technology & Society
Valter Longo, associate professor of gerontology and biology at USC Davis is trying to develop drugs that mimic the same mutations that protect Laron dwarfs from cancer. Longo is also the same researcher that is investigating whether starvation makes chemotherapy
From the Guardian: A British woman has become the first in the world to conceive using a new IVF technique that could more than double the success rate of pregnancies. The 41-year-old woman was treated after suffering two miscarriages and
According to a new study, a virus called AD-36 may give you cold like symptoms, but also make your fat cells multiply. From the Daily Express: “Professor Nikhil Dhurandhar, of Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Louisiana, US, who led the
When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States last week, he promised that his administration would “restore science to its rightful place.” Whether reality will fit the rhetoric remains to be seen, and there
This is really big news. California-based Geron Corp has received a green light from the FDA to study stem-cell treatment for spinal cord injuries in up to 10 patients. From the WSJ: “This is the dawn of a new era
From breitbart.com: “Japanese on Thursday unveiled a security robot that can be operated remotely by cellphone and launch a net to capture an intruder. The prototype T-34, jointly developed by robot developer tmsuk Co. Ltd. and security company Alacom Co.
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From Fox News: “Here’s another sign of the tough economic times: Some clinics are reporting a surge in the number of women applying to donate eggs or serve as surrogate mothers for infertile couples.”
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Here’s an excerpt from my column at TNW today: Currently, 60 percent of Facebook’s teen users have implemented privacy controls, compared with only 25 percent to 30 percent of adult users. This is an interesting statistic, given the common assumption
Dr. Leonid A. Gavrilov, a Research Associate at the Center on Aging, NORC and the University of Chicago was just awarded a 5-year research grant from the NIH to study the mechanisms of human longevity. It is nice to see
A doctor in NY wants the kidney he donated to his wife back (or the financial equivalent) as part of the divorce settlement. He says a kidney is worth 1.5 million, so that’s what he’s looking to get. Pretty interesting.