Archive for the ‘biotech/medical’ category: Page 1950
Jun 30, 2019
Researchers Engineer Cancer Cells To Fight Their Own Kind
Posted by Paul Battista in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Cancer cells genetically engineered to fight their own kind.
Jun 30, 2019
The Urge to Radical Life Extension
Posted by Mike Ruban in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lA4DbN01q70
To the scientists here, could humans live for 300 years?
Those portions of the modern longevity community interested in bringing an end to aging and extending healthy human life span indefinitely tend to be the older portions, people who have been a part of the broader movement for quite some time. Newcomers tend to be more moderate, aiming at lesser goals. Perhaps this is a result of the successful projects, such as the SENS Research Foundation and Methuselah Foundation, tending to moderate their rhetoric as they attract a broader and larger base of support. I think that this road to moderation might be a problem, and that there is thus a continued role for those who loudly declaim that the goal is to control aging absolutely, via new medical technology, and that the natural consequence of that control is healthy, active, youthful life that extends for centuries or more.
Jun 29, 2019
How DNA ‘hotspots’ snarl the search for cancer genes
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, genetics
Jun 29, 2019
Startup Catalog has jammed all 16GB of Wikipedia’s text onto DNA strands
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, computing
Biological molecules will last a lot longer than the latest computer storage technology, Catalog believes.
Jun 29, 2019
Farmed Salmon = Most Toxic Food in the World
Posted by Fyodor Rouge in categories: biotech/medical, food, health, sustainability
Fish are an important part of the ecosystem and the human diet. Unfortunately, overfishing has depleted many fish stocks, and the proposed solution — fish farming — is creating far more problems than it solves. Not only are fish farms polluting the aquatic environment and spreading disease to wild fish, farmed fish are also an inferior food source, in part by providing fewer healthy nutrients; and in part by containing more toxins, which readily accumulate in fat.
Farmed Salmon = Most Toxic Food in the World
Salmon is perhaps the most prominent example of how fish farming has led us astray. Food testing reveals farmed salmon is one of the most toxic foods in the world, having more in common with junk food than health food. Studies highlighting the seriousness of the problem include:
Jun 29, 2019
16 dog food brands may cause heart disease in pets, FDA warns
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, food
Regulator says certain types of pet food are more frequently connected to heart disease in dogs, but why is unclear.
Jun 29, 2019
Anti-Alzheimer’s Protein Complex Identified
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
A new mouse study highlights the proteins responsible for LC3-associated endocytosis (LANDO), an autophagy process that is involved in degrading β-amyloid, the principal substance associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Proteostasis
Proteins in the human brain can form misfolded, non-functional, and toxic clumps known as aggregates. Preventing these aggregates from forming, and removing them when they do, is a natural function of the human body, and it is known as proteostasis. However, as we age, this function degrades, and loss of proteostasis is one of the hallmarks of aging. The resulting accumulation of aggregates leads to several deadly diseases, one of which is Alzheimer’s.
Jun 29, 2019
The Pinay whose work revealed a deadly snail to be a medical wonder
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: biotech/medical
Meet National Scientis Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz, a biochemist whose research on Conus geographus venom made a significant impact on neurological medicine.