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Mar 10, 2018
TASKA redefines the limits of what a prosthetic hand can do
Posted by Roman Mednitzer in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
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Mar 9, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Senior Life Journeys Podcast — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, neuroscience, transhumanism
Mar 9, 2018
New virus strain behind HIV explosion in the Philippines
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
A more aggressive and drug-resistant HIV subtype is behind skyrocketing HIV infection rates in the Philippines. Epidemiologist Edsel Salvana tells DW that the new strain is threatening to spark a new epidemic.
Mar 9, 2018
Britons in favour of editing genes to correct inherited diseases
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
But designer babies, micro-pigs and fluorescent carrots get the thumbs-down, Royal Society survey finds.
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Mar 9, 2018
DARPA’s Human ‘Stasis’ Program Sounds Like Science Fiction But It Could Save Lives
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: biotech/medical, military
The idea of placing humans in stasis is one that has been explored in exhaustive detail through science fiction. Simply put it is the ability to quite literally press pause on our bodies and then wake up at an undefined time in the future.
While many (mostly millionaires) have tried and failed to perfect the technology it’s something that the US Military is now taking very seriously.
Its top secret research division known as DARPA has confirmed that it is now launching a Biostasis program where it will try to find a way of slowing the human body to an almost complete standstill.
Mar 9, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Wellness Radio with Dr. J — Ira Pastor
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, complex systems, cosmology, disruptive technology, DNA, futurism, genetics, health
Mar 9, 2018
Newer drugs make hepatitis C-positive kidneys safe for transplant
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
People without hepatitis C did not contract the disease after receiving successful transplants of infected kidneys along with newer antiviral drugs.
Mar 9, 2018
NASA astronaut who spent a year in space now has different DNA from his twin
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, space travel
Space travel is dangerous for a lot of very obvious reasons — traveling off of Earth on a rocket has its risks, after all — but even when everything goes well it seems that a brief stay in space has the potential to alter a person’s very DNA. That’s the takeaway from a long-term NASA study that used astronaut Scott Kelly and his twin brother Mark as guinea pigs to see how living in space can affect the most basic building blocks of life.
Scott Kelly has spent over 500 days in space overall, but a huge chunk of that came with a single mission which had him stay aboard the International Space Station for 342 days. His brother Mark, who is a retired astronaut, is his identical twin and has the same DNA. This provided a never-before-possible opportunity for NASA to study how long-term space travel affects the human body and the genes that make us who we are. As it turns out, space really does change us, and upon Scott’s return to Earth it was discovered that his DNA has significantly changed.
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Mar 8, 2018
Could mosquitoes deliver malaria vaccines?
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: biotech/medical
While the idea of using an army of mosquitos to administer vaccines has been considered, we would first need to find a vaccine for malaria.