Technology & Society
The news of octuplets born recently near Los Angeles shocked many people, especially since the mother, Nadya Suleman, already had six children and is reported to be jobless and living with her parents. Such rare stories certainly sell newspapers, but
This woman from Calgary is by no means the oldest to give birth, but her case brings attention again to the use of fertility technologies as human longevity is extended. This topic will constitute a chapter in my upcoming book,
Reuters reports: “California biotechnology company Sangamo BioSciences Inc. said on Monday it will start human testing of a new approach to treating the AIDS virus that involves deliberately damaging the patient’s DNA. The approach is based on research that has
I’ve been involved with SU since the beginning and am an associate founder of the venture. Read more about it in this News.com article.
According to Fox News: “Men in Sydney, Australia will be among the first in the world to try a new contraceptive giving them control over their own fertility. ANZAC Research Institute at Concord Hospital has begun testing a new twice-monthly
Valter Longo, associate professor of gerontology and biology at USC Davis is trying to develop drugs that mimic the same mutations that protect Laron dwarfs from cancer. Longo is also the same researcher that is investigating whether starvation makes chemotherapy
From the Guardian: A British woman has become the first in the world to conceive using a new IVF technique that could more than double the success rate of pregnancies. The 41-year-old woman was treated after suffering two miscarriages and
According to a new study, a virus called AD-36 may give you cold like symptoms, but also make your fat cells multiply. From the Daily Express: “Professor Nikhil Dhurandhar, of Pennington Biomedical Research Centre in Louisiana, US, who led the
When Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States last week, he promised that his administration would “restore science to its rightful place.” Whether reality will fit the rhetoric remains to be seen, and there
This is really big news. California-based Geron Corp has received a green light from the FDA to study stem-cell treatment for spinal cord injuries in up to 10 patients. From the WSJ: “This is the dawn of a new era