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May 6, 2023
How menopause reshapes the brain
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
For Rance and others in the field, fezolinetant’s progress to this point is a sign that research into the causes and effects of menopausal symptoms is finally being taken seriously. In the next few years, the global number of postmenopausal women is expected to surpass one billion. But many women still struggle to access care related to menopause, and research into how best to manage such symptoms has lagged behind. That is slowly changing. Armed with improved animal models and a growing literature on the effects of existing treatments, more researchers are coming into the field to fill that gap.
They increasingly recognize that menopause and the transition to it, a phase labelled perimenopause, could set the stage for brain health in later life, and there are even hints that it could correlate with the risk of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
Fezolinetant and similar drugs in the pipeline also represent a shift in thinking: from menopause as a condition of the female reproductive organs, to one that focuses on neurological causes and effects. “We think of menopause as being driven by changes in the ovary,” says Hadine Joffe, who studies mental health and ageing in women at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. “The notion of the brain at the helm of menopause, that is a different concept.”
May 6, 2023
Hackers promise AI, install malware instead
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI
Meta on Wednesday warned that hackers are using the promise of generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT to trick people into installing malicious code on devices.
Over the course of the past month, security analysts with the social-media giant have found malicious software posing as ChatGPT or similar AI tools, chief information security officer Guy Rosen said in a briefing.
“The latest wave of malware campaigns have taken notice of generative AI technology that’s been capturing people’s imagination and everyone’s excitement,” Rosen said.
May 6, 2023
Possible End of Humanity from AI? Geoffrey Hinton at MIT Technology Review’s EmTech Digital
Posted by Claudio Soprano in category: robotics/AI
One of the most incredible talks I have seen in a long time. Geoffrey Hinton essentially tells the audience that the end of humanity is close. AI has become that significant. This is the godfather of AI stating this and sounding an alarm.
His conclusion: “Humanity is just a passing phase for evolutionary intelligence.”
May 6, 2023
A New Study Says Gray Hair May Be Reversible
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
May 6, 2023
Virgin Hair: The Hair After Chemo
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
Virgin hair refers to hair that grows back after chemotherapy and may differ in color, curliness, or texture. Learn how to care for your new style.
May 6, 2023
AI generates mRNA in just 11 minutes
Posted by Will Fox in categories: biotech/medical, information science, robotics/AI
A new algorithm developed by Chinese company Baidu Research is dramatically faster than prior methods and shown to boost the antibody response of mRNA vaccines by up to 128 times.
Baidu Research is the research arm of Baidu, one of the largest technology companies in China. Established in 2014, it has since then been involved in various research activities such as natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, computer vision, robotics, and other areas of artificial intelligence.
May 6, 2023
If You Fear Artificial Intelligence Taking Over the World Remember Who Controls the Plug
Posted by 21st Century Tech Blog in category: robotics/AI
If we want to put guardrails around AI we need to create a rulebook for the companies that are developing and using it.
The White House summoned AI executives to deliver a message. The EU has drafted an act to establish rules for AI developers and users.
May 6, 2023
New self-repairing, bacteria-repelling metallic coating for clothing monitors heart
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: particle physics, robotics/AI, wearables
Scientists have invented a simple metallic coating treatment for clothing or wearable textiles, which can repair itself, repel bacteria, and even monitor a person’s electrocardiogram (ECG) heart signals.
This is according to a press release by Flinders University published last month.
The inventors of the new coating say the conductive circuits created by liquid metal (LM) particles can transform wearable electronics due to the fact that the ‘breathable’ electronic textiles have special connectivity powers to ‘autonomously heal’ themselves even when cut.
May 6, 2023
This Brain Activity Decoder Translates Ideas Into Text Using Only Brain Scans
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, robotics/AI
Language and speech are how we express our inner thoughts. But neuroscientists just bypassed the need for audible speech, at least in the lab. Instead, they directly tapped into the biological machine that generates language and ideas: the brain.
Using brain scans and a hefty dose of machine learning, a team from the University of Texas at Austin developed a “language decoder” that captures the gist of what a person hears based on their brain activation patterns alone. Far from a one-trick pony, the decoder can also translate imagined speech, and even generate descriptive subtitles for silent movies using neural activity.
Here’s the kicker: the method doesn’t require surgery. Rather than relying on implanted electrodes, which listen in on electrical bursts directly from neurons, the neurotechnology uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a completely non-invasive procedure, to generate brain maps that correspond to language.