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Feb 7, 2020

Embrace human genome editing

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, government, neuroscience, time travel

Imagine then, the emancipatory potential of genome editing for these millions.

Realizing this potential, however, will require that genome editing meet with societal approval. The typical response right now when you talk to someone about genetic engineering or reproductive technology is a reference to ‘designer babies,’ eugenics, Nazism, and other evils. These arguments have a very powerful emotional hold over many people, but in my opinion, they simply don’t stand up to scrutiny.

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Feb 7, 2020

Dr. Dean Ornish

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, sustainability

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The Ornish channel is designed to help people improve their health through learning about sustainable lifestyle changes, while also connecting with others on…

Feb 7, 2020

There’s a Cancer Treatment That Gives People ‘Night Vision’, And We Finally Know Why

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Amongst all the different types of cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy — where light in is used to destroy malignant cells — might have one of the strangest side effects: patients are often better able to see in the dark.

Now researchers have figured out why this happens: rhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein in the retinas in our eyes, interacts with a photosensitive compound called chlorin e6, a crucial component of this type of cancer treatment.

The work builds on what scientists already know about the organic compound retinal, which is found in the eye and usually isn’t sensitive to infrared light.

Feb 7, 2020

Amazing Facts About Human Cells

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Feb 7, 2020

Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

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The flagship paper of the ICGC/TCGA Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium describes the generation of the integrative analyses of 2,658 cancer whole genomes and their matching normal tissues across 38 tumour types, the structures for international data sharing and standardized analyses, and the main scientific findings from across the consortium studies.

Feb 7, 2020

Life on board an O’neill Cylinder

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, habitats, space

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Feb 7, 2020

Dr Tara O’Toole: The CIA, National Security And Preventing The Next Pandemic

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health, security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXo5BVdzZQE

Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador interviews Dr. Tara O’Toole, Executive Vice President and Senior Fellow at In-Q-Tel.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/intelligence-history/in-q-tel

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Feb 7, 2020

Chinese Doctor Who Raised Alert on Coronavirus Has Died, While The Outbreak Continues

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A Chinese doctor, among the first to raise the alert about China’s new coronavirus, himself died from the pathogen on Friday, emphasizing the depth of a worsening crisis that has killed more than 560 people.

Global panic also spread, with thousands trapped on quarantined cruise ships.

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Feb 7, 2020

New Israeli Cancer Treatment Has a 100% Tumor Shrinkage Rate

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The new treatment is tolerable for the human body.

Feb 7, 2020

Why Life Expectancy Could Rise Significantly in the Near Future

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, humor, life extension, neuroscience

Let’s face it, getting older sucks, and not because of all the extra candles on the birthday cake. Getting cake and presents every year is great, but the loss of health and independence isn’t a particularly good birthday present. (Wow, what’d I get this year? Just what I didn’t want: sarcopenia and hearing loss!)

Given the downsides of aging, it really is surprising how little people talk about it beyond the odd grumble or even as a joke. Normally, it’s to complain about the aches and pains that gradually appear as the years roll by, as we find it harder to walk up the stairs and “bright-eyed and bushy-tailed” turns into “cloudy-eyed and with an aching back”.

That’s not even the serious side of aging, which involves the gradual loss of independence and the age-related diseases that first rob us of our quality of life before they get around to killing us. The serious part is the horror of Alzheimer’s and the loss of self that it brings, the heart disease that cripples us, the frailty that steals our independence, and the lurking threat of cancer that rises dramatically as we age.