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Tag Archives: genes
While Average Lifespans Increase, 114 Remains A Stubborn And Mysterious Upper Bound. Why?
Ray Kurzweil predicts that in the coming decades the term “life expectancy” will become irrelevant. By then medical advances and [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Singularity
Tagged Aubrey De Grey, genes, Genetics, longevity, medicine, rectangularization of mortality curve
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Latest Victory For Regenerative Medicine: Pituitary Grown From Embryonic Stem Cells
Chalk up another part of the body that can be grown from stem cells – at least in mice. Scientists [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health, Singularity, Stem Cells
Tagged brain, dna, genes, medicine, pituitary, regenerative medicine, RIKEN, yoshiki sasai
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Electric Sheep: Stunning Visual Creatures Spawned By Thousands Of Computers While They Sleep
“Dr. Chandra, will I dream?” “I don’t know.” If Hal was somehow able to dream after Dr. Chandra shut it [...]
Posted in Art, Video Central
Tagged brain-computer interface, creative commons, electric sheep, flame, genes, open source, scott draves
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Chinese Scientists Clone Cows With “Humanized” Milk
This very moment, grazing in the fields of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology in Beijing, China is a particular [...]
Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Causes WHO to Declare: “The World is on the Brink…”
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The widespread misuse of antibiotics is rapidly rendering them powerless against infection. Common infections that [...]
Japanese Researchers Successfully Grow Sperm in Lab – Eventual Cure for Infertility?
In an amazing technical feat researchers in Japan have accomplished something that has stymied the field for the past half [...]
Posted in Longevity And Health
Tagged cancer, genes, Genetics, medicine, regenerative medicine, Stem Cells
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Cutting Edge Gene Therapy Successfully Treats Parkinson’s Symptoms
Imagine that for years you’ve lived with a body that is in constant, uncontrollable, motion: your hands tremble, your head [...]
Researchers Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Cells (video)
It’s faster, more powerful, and user-friendly. No, I’m not talking about the latest generation tablet, I’m talking about the latest [...]
Posted in Stem Cells
Tagged genes, Genetics, medicine, regenerative medicine, Stem Cells
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This Fall, Don’t Forget Your DNA on Your Way to College
Thanks to new programs at UC-Berkeley and Stanford University, some students around the country have a new item to add [...]
New Research Sheds Light on Autism’s Genetic Causes
Autism remains one of the most poorly understood and troubling developmental disorders of modern medicine. But the genetic revolution could [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged autism, Autism Genome Project, CNV, copy number variation, genes, Genetics
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Boolean Logic Unlocks The Key To Finding New Genes in Milliseconds
A little bit of computer science has made it possible to reduce the time it takes to find new genes [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged Boolean logic, Debashis Sahoo, genes, Genetics, MiDReg, Stanford University
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Exclusive: Complete Genomics To Sequence A Million Genomes – CEO
“We Are A Data Company” Cliff Reid, CEO Complete Genomics Without a doubt the hottest company in the genomics sector [...]
23andMe Leading Way to Democratized Disease Research
Here’s a riddle: What do you get when you mix American Idol with genetic testing for disease? The 23andMe research [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged 23andme, ALS, epilepsy, genes, Genetics, migraines, research, revolution, snp
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MIT is Organizing New Genetic Parts
If you want to check out a book you go to the library. If you want to get a copy [...]
Now Recruiting: The Personal Genome Project
Everybody has a database: staffers, bankers, law enforcers and now geneticists, too. The PGP is not a college fraternity (rush [...]
Posted in Genetics
Tagged church, genes, Genetics, genome, george church, personal genome project, pgp
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Viruses – Batteries Now Included
Microscopic workers of the world unite! There’s a trend floating around laboratories: designing tiny mechanisms that can build other devices [...]
Posted in Genetics, Longevity And Health
Tagged battery, genes, Genetics, virus, virus battery
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Complete Genomics – New Information About the Hottest Company in Genetic Sequencing
Daniel MacArthur has once again delivered some of the best information on the net about Complete Genomics, the company that [...]
Complete Genomics Stuns Genomics Community, Confirms Industry Shattering Capability
Daniel MacArthur at Genetic Future has just completed his post covering the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) conference, where [...]
Another Step in the March Towards Designer Babies
The Herald and other major outlets are reporting that the “UK’s first genetically selected baby has been born.” This sensational [...]
Archon X Prize Offers $10 million to Revolutionize Gene Sequencing
Many people have heard of the original X Prize, which was a $10 million prize given to the first company [...]
deCODEme video tour
deCODEme offers an excellent video tour on their website that demonstrates what they can do with your dna. This video [...]
Personal Genome Project (PGP) Highlighted by Wired
Wired came out with a pretty nice article on the Personal Genome Project (PGP) with a focus on the project’s [...]
Living past 100 years with anti-aging genes
Two separate projects are both analyzing the genes of healthy, old (90 or even 100 years) people to see if [...]
IEEE special report on the singularity
IEEE produced a special report on the singularity in its June 2008 issue located here: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity This is a comprehensive [...]
Posted in AI, Computer Interfaces, Genetics, Longevity And Health, Robots
Tagged ai, brain, cells, computers, evolution, genes, ieee, longevity, nanotechnology, Singularity
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