Archive for the ‘bioengineering’ category: Page 168
Jan 8, 2018
Using Technology to Reverse Extinction
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, existential risks, sustainability
The extinction of various species has led to a segregation of human activity and natural activity, says Stewart Brand of The Long Now Foundation, which focuses on long-term strategies for the next 10,000 years. The organization develops biotechnology to allow humans to better co-exist with nature. In this interview filmed at the 2016 Aspen Ideas Festival, Brand discusses how biotechnology can be used to bring back the passenger pigeon from extinction and mitigate climate change at last.
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Jan 8, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — At The End of the Day Show
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, business, cosmology, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, transhumanism
Jan 5, 2018
A crowdfunding platform aims to solve the puzzle of aging
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, government, life extension
Dr. Oliver Medvedik Vice President of LEAF appears in this new TED interview where he talks about aging research and the possibilities of future medicine.
Aging happens to all of us, but scientists still don’t know the mechanism behind it. We need to focus on finding an answer, says molecular biologist Oliver Medvedik.
If given the option, would you choose to live forever? Many of us would say “yes,” but with one major caveat: just as long we don’t age. In scientific terms, aging means “a progressive loss of fitness in an organism over time,” says molecular biologist and TED Fellow Oliver Medvedik. What causes this loss of fitness in humans is multifaceted, although scientists are exploring different theories including — and these are just a few of the many avenues of research — the deterioration of the health of our telomeres (the ends of our chromosomes), changes in cell mitochondria, inefficient clearance of damaged cell proteins, and the senescence of stem cells, leading to chronic inflammation and a depletion of stem cells.
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Jan 4, 2018
(Video) View the Future of Medicine with Nanorobots, Weaponized Killer T-cells, Lab-grown Organs, and Gene Editing
Posted by Brady Hartman in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, health
A look back at the most popular health and medical science videos of 2017. Here is the video: “View the Future of Medicine with Nanorobots, Weaponized Killer T-cells, Lab-grown Organs, and Gene Editing”
A glimpse at the future in a new film clip from CATS with medical nanorobots, weaponized killer T-cells, synthetic organs, and gene editing.
Jan 3, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — Bringing Inspiration To Earth Show
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, business, DNA, futurism, genetics, life extension, posthumanism, transhumanism
Jan 2, 2018
Bioquark Inc. — The TRT Revolution Podcast
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, business, cosmology, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, transhumanism
Dec 31, 2017
The fourth state of matter, plasma: A technology to improve bone healing?
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, food, life extension, weapons
Cold plasma looks like the glow from the “Star Wars” blue lightsaber but this beam of energy, made of electrons that change polarity at micro-second or nanosecond speeds, could help bones heal faster, according to a study published August 11th in the Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.
Most people interact with plasma every day. It’s in our TVs, fluorescent lights, lightning, the aurora borealis, and the sun. However, these are all examples of hot or “thermal” plasmas. Since the discovery of cold plasma, about 20 years ago, it has been used in agriculture to sterilize the surface of fruit without damaging the delicate edibles. More recently, scientists have been performing experiments treating living animal cells and tissues with cold plasma to learn more about its potential applications in medicine.
“We’ve previously studied how different applications of cold plasma can either directly kill cells, such as in skin cancer, or help them grow, as in developing bones. In this study, we asked how cold plasma would affect the area surrounding cells, known as the extracellular matrix,” says lead author Theresa Freeman, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery in the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. The extracellular matrix around cells is made of collagen and other proteins that interact with the cells and can influence their growth and behavior. For example, the extracellular matrix can either promote or inhibit bone formation or cancer cell growth and metastasis.
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Dec 29, 2017
Bioquark Inc. — Cosmos Connection
Posted by Ira S. Pastor in categories: aging, bioengineering, biological, biotech/medical, complex systems, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, life extension
Dec 28, 2017
Faster, stronger, better jumpers: Genetically engineered ‘super-horses’ to be born in 2019
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics
Scientists, who had previously cloned polo ponies, have achieved yet another breakthrough in their work that could lead to the creation of genetically engineered “super-horses” that are faster, stronger and better jumpers than regular horses within two years.
Scientists in Argentina reportedly managed to rewrite the genomes of cloned horses by using a powerful DNA editing technique called CRISPR. They also produced healthy embryos that are now expected to be implanted into a surrogate mother by 2019.
CRISPR, an acronym that stands for Clustered, Regularly Interspaced, Short Palindromic Repeats, is basically a technique in a bacteria’s immune system. When a virus invades a bacterial cell, the CRISPR system captures a piece of the virus’s DNA and slides it into a section of the bacteria’s own DNA, allowing it to detect and destroy the virus as well as similar viruses in future attacks.
