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May 19, 2019
This Genealogy Database Helped Solve Dozens Of Crimes. But Its New Privacy Rules Will Restrict Access
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: genetics, law, policy
GEDmatch’s revamped genetic privacy policy could set off legal battles that go all the way to the US Supreme Court.
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May 19, 2019
Investing in the Age of Longevity Panel Discussion | Main Stage | Master Investor Show 2019
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: futurism, life extension
Snake oil, investing, and I like the bit between 19 minutes and 24 minutes on the future. Aubrey is on the panel.
Led by Victor Hill, Author at Master Investor Magazine, the panel first explores what the new field of juvenescence is and why it should be taken seriously…
May 19, 2019
Billion-Dollar Gamble: How A ‘Singular Hero’ Helped Start A New Field In Physics
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: physics, space
This unlikely story begins back in the 1960s, when Isaacson was a doctoral student and got interested in one of Albert Einstein’s predictions.
In 1916, Einstein theorized that any time two massive objects crash together, shock waves should move through the very fabric of the universe. These gravitational waves through space and time are like the ripples you see in water when you toss in a pebble.
“For my thesis, I showed how gravitational waves behave like other kinds of waves, like light and radar, X-rays,” Isaacson says.
May 19, 2019
MIT Prof: If We Live in a Simulation, Are We Players or NPCs?
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: entertainment
May 19, 2019
This device could be a big boost for making solar power much cheaper
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: solar power, sustainability
May 19, 2019
A New Way of Diagnosing and Treating Disease
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
Researchers develop new laser microscope that could be ‘revolutionary’ for treatment of diseases such as skin cancer. University of British Columbia researchers have developed a specialized microscope that has the potential ability to both diagnose diseases that include skin cancer and perform incredibly precise surgery – all without cutting skin.
University of British Columbia researchers have developed a specialized microscope that has the potential ability to both diagnose diseases that include skin cancer and perform incredibly precise surgery – all without cutting skin.
The researchers describe the technology in a study published today in Science Advances. “Our technology allows us to scan tissue quickly, and when we see a suspicious or abnormal cell structure, we can perform ultra-precise surgery and selectively treat the unwanted or diseased structure within the tissue – without cutting into the skin,” said Yimei Huang, co-lead author of the study and a former postdoctoral fellow at the department of dermatology and skin science at UBC and BC Cancer.
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May 19, 2019
Ultrasound used to trigger insulin release in mice shows promise for diabetes therapy
Posted by Paul Battista in category: biotech/medical
The World Health Organization ranks Type 2 diabetes among the most common causes of death in the world. Current treatments can help the body use insulin at various stages of the disease, but they can also be expensive and subject patients to lifelong medication regimens and side effects. Thanks to new therapeutic ultrasound technology, one promising alternative looks to reshape how early Type 2 diabetes is managed.
A group of researchers from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has used ultrasound therapy to stimulate insulin release from mice on demand. After exposing the pancreas, the body’s insulin production center, to ultrasonic pulses, the researchers saw measurable increases in the mice’s blood insulin levels.
The team will present their findings at the 177th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, which takes place from May 13–17, at the Galt House in Louisville, Kentucky.
May 19, 2019
Peter Voss Pioneer in Artificial Intelligence
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: bioengineering, ethics, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Peter voss is a serial entrepreneur, engineer, inventor and a pioneer in artificial intelligence.
Peter started out in electronics engineering but quickly moved into software. After developing a comprehensive ERP software package, Peter took his first software company from a zero to 400-person IPO in seven years.
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May 19, 2019
Future of human population
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
In 2018, researchers at the Biogerontology Research Foundation and the International Longevity Alliance submitted a joint proposal to the World Health Organization to re-classify aging as a disease. Months later, 11th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) officially introduced some aging-related conditions such as age-associated cognitive decline.
This matters because, for the first time in human history, the once natural process of aging is becoming recontextualized as a condition to be treated and prevented. This will gradually lead to pharmaceutical companies and governments redirecting funding to new drugs and therapies that not only extend human life expectancy but reverse the effects of aging entirely.
Thus far, people in developed nations have seen their average life expectancy rise from ~35 in 1820 to 80 in 2003. And with the advances you’re about to learn about, you’ll see how that progression will continue until 80 becomes the new 40. In fact, the first humans expected to live to 150 may have already been born.
