Technology & Society
From ScienceDaily.com: “Scientists have found a new family of molecules that kill cancer cells and protect healthy cells, which could be used to treat a number of different cancers. Research shows that as well as targeting and killing cancer cells,
Here’s the description: “A one-day event with leading influencers and visionaries to reimagine the American dream in an intimate setting at The Battery in San Francisco. NOVUS is a tour de force that unites global shapers from around the world
From the New Scientist: “Over the past few years, researchers have reversed muscle atrophy, memory loss, heart degradation and some of the effects of cognitive decline by pumping the blood of young mice into old mice. The results from these
From Business Insider: “It can take weeks to identify drugs targeting cancer-causing mutations. Watson can do it in minutes and has in its database the findings of scientific papers and clinical trials on particular cancers and potential therapies.”
From the LAT: “So far, the medical implant has been tested in three children between the ages of 3 months and 16 months. Before getting the implant, the young patients had spent much of their lives in intensive care, where
Scientists controlled a mouse’s behavior using a method called “DREADDs (designer receptors exclusively activated by designer drugs).” Not a great acronym (given the potential abuse for such a method), but it does reflect a shift away from linking mental “illnesses
From Phys.org: “What do you do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don’t have their blood type in the blood bank? It’s a problem that scientists have been trying to solve for years but haven’t been able
Here’s the latest news piece to cite 100 Plus. The author interviewed some naysayers on the topic of healthspan, but ultimately I think it’s clear that if Silicon Valley can figure out how to increase human health, that is a
Researchers at Duke University have engineered a polio virus to infect cancer cells. This weakens the cancer and alerts the body’s immune system to the fact that there is something growing in the body that shouldn’t be there. It’s brilliant
Here’s the story from Forbes. “The company has hired Richard Scheller, who led drug discovery at biotech icon Genentech for 14 years before announcing he would retire in December, and who has won some of science’s top awards, including the
From the Independent: “A new class of drugs has been identified that slow the ageing process in mice, alleviating symptoms of frailty and extending a healthy lifespan. If their effect on humans is as marked as it is on animal
Two significant news hits on Alzheimer’s recently. One team in Australia is experimenting (on mice) with ultrasound to clear up plaque buildup and the other team (in the US) is using an already approved drug commonly used to treat epilepsy
Please tune in to Sirius XM (Channel 121) this Saturday at 9am PT (12pm ET) to listen to a longevity discussion between me and Dr. Anthony Atala of Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
This is such a great story, and really only the beginning of what will be possible outside of the traditional health sector. Thank-you awesome engineers and tinkerers! Also, see this adorable video of Robert Downey Jr. helping out with the
It was a pleasure to meet Dr. Craig Venter at Stanford this week. As you can imagine, he had strong views and a huge amount of energy. I’m super-interested in all of his work, but was surprised to find out
I spent last weekend at Wake Forest University in NC at their annual TedX event. It was a great group of people, and I’m looking forward to posting links to all the talks when they are released.
A great story. And another example of how man is blending with machine. From the NY Daily News: “Zderad became the 15th person in the country, and the first in his home state, to receive the implanted sight device created
An interesting new way to study diseases of the brain. From MIT Tech Review: “A new method for growing human brain cells could unlock the mysteries of dementia, mental illness, and other neurological disorders.”
Lots of people I know will be interested in this. Here’s the story from the researchers at Sanford-Burnham. “We have developed a method using human pluripotent stem cells to create new cells capable of initiating human hair growth. The method
Yesterday, I visited with a bunch of scientists from UCSF’s Lim Lab. They had a cool simulation game to show how CAR-T therapy works. Essentially, you want to make your “T” cell recognize the cancer cell so it will kill