Sep 8, 2015
Where Do New Genes Come From?
Posted by Roy in categories: biotech/medical, health, life extension
And Can We Use Them To Improve Health and Longevity
Junk DNA may play a critical role in the creation of new DNA.
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Sep 8, 2015
A Transfusion Of Young Blood Might Help You Live Longer, But Is It A Fountain Of Youth Or A Poisoned Chalice?
Posted by Roy in categories: biotech/medical, life extension
GDF 11 has been publicised as another fountain of youth molecule, but with contradictory findings, does it live up to the hype, or could it be potentially harmful? It could be a bit of both.
Sep 7, 2015
6 billionaires who want to live forever
Posted by Alexandros El in categories: biotech/medical, geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism
A growing number of tech moguls are trying to solve their biggest problem yet: aging.
From reprogramming DNA to printing organs, some of Silicon Valley’s most successful and wealthy leaders are investing in biomedical research and new technologies with hopes of discovering the secret to living longer.
And their investments are beginning to move the needle, said Zoltan Istvan, a futurist and transhumanist presidential candidate.
Sep 4, 2015
Changing the World Panel—Singularity Summit 2009—Peter Thiel, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Aubrey de Grey — MIRI | Vimeo.com
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: hacking, innovation, life extension, robotics/AI, Singularity University
Sep 4, 2015
The Longevity Reporter: The Weekly Newsletter on Aging (05th September, 2015)
Posted by Roy in categories: biotech/medical, health, life extension
Checkout the latest Longevity Reporter Newsletter (05th September, 2015), covering this week’s top news in health, aging, longevity.
This week: Dramatic Advances In Super-Resolution Imaging; This Stunning 3-D Model Provides A Fresh Perspective On Cancer; Want A Long Lifespan? You Need Stable Gene Networks; The Future Of Health: Precision Medicine; And more.
Investments in Longevity Could Really Pay Off
With a ‘silver tsunami’ ahead, tackling aging makes all kinds of sense — and could reap rich rewards.
Sep 4, 2015
This Presidential Candidate Is Promising Immortality
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: geopolitics, life extension, transhumanism
AOL running an energetic 2-min video on transhumanism and longevity on their morning show:
Zoltan Istvan of the Transhumanist Party is running for President on one platform: longevity.
Sep 2, 2015
Can You Help Promote Healthy Life Extension? Enter This Short Film Competition
Posted by Roy in categories: health, life extension
Heales, The Healthy Life Extension Society, is dedicated to promoting and informing the public about life extension and longevity breakthroughs. In this spirit, Heales has announced a Short Film Competition with a grand prize of €3.000. Heales wants you to capture why living longer, healthier lives will be something to celebrate, not fear.
We caught up with Didier Cournelle, director of the society, to find out more about the competition:
Why do you think there are so few positive portrayals of longevity and life extension in the media? In general, the press prefers bad news to good news. Good news concerning longevity is difficult to describe because it is often made of small, incremental progress. Another aspect is that the idea of radical life extension looks fringe to many people. Last aspect: to speak about longevity is to speak about death and unconsciously, we tend to avoid what reminds us of our own death.
Sep 2, 2015
6 billionaires who want to live forever
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in category: life extension
Cool article on longevity science:
The search for the fountain of youth continues in Silicon Valley.
Sep 2, 2015
World’s largest public stem cell bank inaugurated in California
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, life extension
California researchers opened the world’s largest publicly available stem cell bank Tuesday, which will aid in the search for cures for genetic diseases such as Alzheimer’s, epilepsy and autism.
Universities from around the state will contribute adult skin samples to the bank, while the Buck Institute for Research in Novato will store the material.
The Stem Cell Bank is funded through a $32 million grant awarded in 2013 by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which itself was established in 2004 through voter approval of Proposition 71. That measure provided an initial $3 billion in state bonds to the institute.
