Blog

Archive for the ‘biotech/medical’ category: Page 2626

Feb 12, 2016

Medical devices begin to harness wireless technology

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, internet

Medical devices are becoming the latest equipment to utilize the Internet to collect data and to send alerts. Here ‘smart inhalers’ are leading the way, with the first commercial units expected within a year. We take a look at the latest developments.

Read more

Feb 12, 2016

Awesome Medical Science

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, science

We’re making a tremendous progress in medical science and technology.

Read more

Feb 12, 2016

First fully approved ‘off the shelf’ stem cells launch in Japan

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

The long anticipated age of the stem cell is upon us. Temcell prevents organ transplants attacking their hosts but will be followed by therapies for more common problems.

stem cells

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

DNA breaks in nerve cells‘ ancestors cluster in specific genes

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, neuroscience

Researchers have discovered breaks in nerve cells tied to varous genetically related neurological disorders.

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

Anger pill to calm even The Hulk: Scientists discover RAGE part of the brain

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

Scientists now have a pill to control the Hulk size tempers.


AN ANGER pill that could even calm down ‘The Incredible Hulk’ may be on the horizon after scientists identified the rage centre of the brain.

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

Family buries third child, lost to rare form of brain cancer: “I am sick of it”

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience

I do know that a certain form of Glioblastoma does run in families; however, 3 sisters and all so young is a tragedy.


BONITA SPRINGS, Florida — A Florida family is remembering another child whose life was taken too soon.

Ten-year-old Isabella Mading died on Saturday, February 6th after her year-long battle with a rare form of brain cancer — the same disease that killed her older brother in 2010 and her older sister 2013.

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

Brain Games‘ Jason Silva Explains Why Robots Won’t Destroy the Human Race

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience, robotics/AI, sex

Hmmm; sounds like he needs to read one of my postings on congitive thinking.


Sex, drugs, God, and a hit TV show. Are there any limits to the techno-optimism of television’s favorite “wonder junkie”?

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

Unity Biotechnology Launches with a Focus on Preventing and Reversing Diseases of Aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, life extension

Unity Biotechnology today announced that it is developing medicines to treat and eliminate age-related diseases and increase healthspan, or the amount of time an individual lives in good health.

BrewLife on behalf of Unity Biotechnology.

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

Eradicating mitochondria from cells may reverse aging

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

For the first time, scientists have shown that mitochondria — the “powerhouses” of cells — are crucial for aging, after finding that removing mitochondria from human cells reduced levels of markers for cellular aging, triggering a process of rejuvenation.

More info: http://ow.ly/Y5CcB

Read more

Feb 11, 2016

UK Will Use CRISPR on Human Embryos — a Step Closer to Human Genome Editing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

This week, Kathy Niakan, a biologist working at the Francis Crick Institute in London received the green light from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to use genome editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 on human embryos.

Niakan hopes to answer important questions about how healthy human embryos develop from a single cell to around 250 cells, in the first seven days after fertilization.

By removing certain genes during this early development phase using CRISPR/Cas9, Niakan and her team hope to understand what causes miscarriages and infertility, and in the future, possibly improve the effectiveness of in-vitro fertilization and provide better treatments for infertility.

Read more