Aug 1, 2015
This iPhone Accessory Replaces An Eye Doctor’s Office
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: biotech/medical
A $4,000 iPhone gadget replaces a 30-pound, $20,000 machine, allowing eye doctors to visit patients they couldn’t reach before.
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Aug 1, 2015
Bioviva is moving into telomerase rejuvenation therapy for Alzheimer’s!
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
Bioviva a Seattle, WA, based biotech is ambitiously moving forward with gene therapy in people to mitigate the consequences of aging. They have not gone for the low hanging fruit either, they are being supported by Maximum Life Foundation to raise enough to run a clinical trial to try to cure Alzheimer’s! They are targeting the supporting Microglia cells in the brain to help regenerate them and hopefully reverse the effects of the disease. A worthy cause if ever I saw one and if it works could translate to other similar conditions like Parkinson’s and ALS. Lets hope they can get this vital work underway. This will then be the first example of regenerative medicine in a person that treats the dysfunction of aging.
Jul 31, 2015
WHO: Trials show new Ebola vaccine is ‘highly effective’
Posted by Bryan Gatton in categories: biotech/medical, health
A newly developed vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus being trialled in Guinea is “highly effective,” the World Health Organization said Friday.
Jul 29, 2015
Researchers build bacteria’s photosynthetic engine
Posted by Phillipe Bojorquez in categories: biotech/medical, energy
“Furthermore, the chromatophore project marks a shift in computational biophysics from analyzing the individual cell parts (e.g., a single protein) to analyzing the specialized systems of the cell (e.g., hundreds of proteins working together to carry out an autonomous function). This is a significant step toward the long-term goal of simulating an entire living organism.”
Nearly all life on Earth depends on photosynthesis, the conversion of light energy into chemical energy. Oxygen-producing plants and cyanobacteria perfected this process 2.7 billion years ago. But the first photosynthetic organisms were likely single-celled purple bacteria that began absorbing near-infrared light and converting it to sulfur or sulfates about 3.4 billion years ago.
Jul 29, 2015
Researchers design first artificial ribosome
Posted by Bryan Gatton in category: biotech/medical
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University have engineered a tethered ribosome that works nearly as well as the authentic cellular component, or organelle, that produces all the proteins and enzymes within the cell. The engineered ribosome may enable the production of new drugs and next-generation biomaterials and lead to a better understanding of how ribosomes function.
Jul 28, 2015
3D Printed Organs Are a Heartbeat Closer to Reality
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: 3D printing, biotech/medical, robotics/AI
Learn about the advancements of a robot that will save lives. The plan? It’s going to produce 3D printed organs and even a fully functional human heart.
Jul 26, 2015
Children With Prosthetics Could Soon Be Creating Their Own Lego Attachments
Posted by Albert Sanchez in categories: biotech/medical, cyborgs
Imagine being able to snap a mechanical digger or a Star Wars spaceship onto the end of your arm. With the next level of prosthetic designs from Lego, this could soon be a playtime reality for kids with prosthetic limbs.
Jul 25, 2015
New drug treats depression in less than 24 hours with minimal side effects
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
Researchers in the US have been testing a new type of antidepressant medication on rats, and say it’s able to treat the symptoms of depression in less than a day, compared to the three to eight weeks it takes current drugs to work. If the results can be replicated in humans, the drug could offer a much more effective option than treatments such as Prozac and Lexapro, which are only effective in only a third of patients who have been diagnosed with depression.
Jul 25, 2015
Age-Related Cognitive Decline Tied to Immune-System Molecule
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, life extension, neuroscience
More interesting developments on the regenerative medicine front this time from UCSF and Villeda. B2M is a downstream consequence of too much TGF-b1 as demonstrated in the recent Conboy regeneration test. This is more validation that cell and tissue regeneration is very near future and should translate to humans.
At UC San Francisco, we are driven by the idea that when the best research, the best teaching and the best patient care converge, we can deliver breakthroughs that help heal the world.
Jul 24, 2015
The CRISPR craze: genome editing technologies poised to revolutionize medicine and industry
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: biotech/medical
Genome editing by engineered Cas9 systems (credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers) CRISPR/Cas systems for genome editing have revolutionized biological research over the past three years, and their ability to make targeted changes in DNA sequences in living cells with relative ease and affordability is now being applied to clinical medicine and will have a significant impact on advances in drug and other therapies, agriculture, and food products.
