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Jan 20, 2022

Cyborgs in the streets

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, cyborgs, robotics/AI

I don’t know how about you… But I’m meeting cyborgs in the streets regularly. If you observe carefully you can find people with artificial legs and arms. So next time watch more carefully. Its most common seen artificial body part. On other hand there are other parts you can’t see, like artificial joints, dental implants, breast implants, pacemakers, insulin pumps and so on. We are unable to see them but they are very common. Millions people use them. Nowadays very common trend is biohacking where people implant magnets and chips to their bodies. We think our bodies are born complete but we are wrong. We can upgrade and modify them. What if we can use brain implants to be smarter, to think and focus sharper.

First real cyborg I have met was Prof. Kevin Warwick. We met in Pilsen at conference about artificial intelligence. He is known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, and has also done research concerning robotics.

Jan 20, 2022

Link: Big Pharma loses top scientist to anti-aging research

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/2b869472&#45…28788e8dd4

“GlaxoSmithKline’s chief scientific officer Hal Barron will step down in August as he moves to lead a Silicon Valley anti-ageing start-up, dealing a blow to the pharma group as it races to rebuild its pipeline of drugs.”

Jan 20, 2022

GSK loses top scientist to anti-ageing start-up

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Link: Big Pharma loses top scientist to anti-aging research.


GlaxoSmithKline’s chief scientific officer Hal Barron will step down in August as he moves to lead a Silicon Valley anti-ageing start-up, dealing a blow to the pharma group as it races to rebuild its pipeline of drugs.

Hal Barron, a veteran drug developer, helped shape GSK efforts when some shareholders raised concerns that chief executive Emma Walmsley’s lack of a scientific background was a hindrance. He will be replaced by internal candidate Tony Wood.

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Jan 20, 2022

New Virus-Like Particles Can Deliver CRISPR to Any Cell in the Body

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, space travel

One critical difference? Unlike a Mars mission’s “seven minutes of terror,” during which the entry, descent, and landing occur too fast for human operators to interfere, gene therapy delivery is completely blind. Once inside the body, the entire flight sequence rests solely on the design of the carrier “spaceship.”

In other words, for gene therapy to work efficiently, smarter carriers are imperative.

This month, a team at Harvard led by Dr. David Liu launched a new generation of molecular carriers inspired by viruses. Dubbed engineered virus-like particles (eVLPs), these bubble-like carriers can deliver CRISPR and base editing components to a myriad of organs with minimal side effects.

Jan 19, 2022

Google’s $1.5 billion research center to “solve death”

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

Google has been developing what is perhaps the company’s most ambitious project to date: a science startup that will pursue ‘solutions for aging’ with the intended goal of “solving death”.

Calico, a company directed by futurists to explore the concept of “singularity”, has partnered with pharmaceutical giants to research and trial new market drugs that target aging and development.

What is this new audacious project? Who is behind it? In the following feature, Ethan Nash explores.

Jan 19, 2022

To Elon Musk, on the Future of Our Brains

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk, neuroscience

By: alfonso fasano & benjamin stecher.

The following was written out of a shared belief that there are only two things that can change the world. A big army and a big idea. This is a distillation of our big idea.

Dear Elon Musk.

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Jan 19, 2022

Commentary: To avoid the superbug pandemic, we must fix the antibiotics business

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business

Doctors must be careful when they consider treating their patients with the newest antibiotics, because every time these drugs are used, bacteria have a chance to build resistance. As a result, new antibiotics are generally used sparingly–leaving antibiotic companies with little chance of selling enough doses to recoup their investment.


If scientists don’t discover new antibiotics soon, the world will eventually return to the pre-antibiotic era when simple cuts could kill.

Jan 19, 2022

Delivery robots get airbags to protect you in case of collision

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, robotics/AI

Autonomous vehicle maker Nuro has added external airbags to its self-driving delivery robots to protect pedestrians — but there’s reason to be skeptical about their effectiveness.

Drivers wanted: During the pandemic, more people started ordering their food, groceries, and other goods for delivery rather than venturing into stores and restaurants for them.

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Jan 19, 2022

Could omicron end the COVID-19 pandemic? It’s too early to tell

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

They say the booster will stop omnicron o.o! So it could be the end of it but they say they still don’t know when it will end yet.


Dr. Anthony Fauci said the omicron variant could bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more about what Dr. Fauci thinks is the COVID pandemic.

Jan 19, 2022

Something in Your Eyes May Reveal if You’re at Risk of Early Death, Study Shows

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

A quick and pain-free scan of the human eyeball could one day help doctors identify ‘fast agers’, who are at greater risk of early mortality.