Kurzweil AI: FDA places hold on clinical trial of cancer treatment previously...
Juno Therapeutics, Inc. announced July 7 that it has received notice from the FDA that it has placed a clinical hold on an immune-cell cancer treatment known as the “ROCKET” trial, which was reported...
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Singularity Hub: Check Out This Dime-Sized Van Gogh Replica—It’s Made of DNA
DNA codes for life as we know it, but in recent years, scientists have discovered more uses for the molecule. Because DNA is foldable and “sticky,” they've begun making microscopic shapes called DNA...
View ArticleLongevity Meme: Human Telomere Dynamics and the Balance Between Cancer and...
Today I'll point out a great open access paper on the evolution of human telomere dynamics: telomere length, how that length changes over time, and especially how it changes with aging. This makes a...
View ArticleKurzweil AI: Allen Brain Observatory launched
The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of the Allen Brain Observatory.This is standardized survey of cellular-level activity in the mouse visual system. The goal is to...
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Kurzweil AI: Berkeley Lab scientists grow atomically thin transistors and...
This schematic shows the chemical assembly of two-dimensional crystals. Graphene is first etched into channels and the TMDC molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) begins to nucleate around the edges and within...
View ArticleLongevity Meme: Education Correlates With Greater Longevity Consistently Over...
It is known that greater levels of education correlate with greater life expectancy, but the novelty in the research here is a matter of just how far back in history this correlation can be shown to...
View ArticleLongevity Meme: Is Nuclear DNA Damage Responsible for Stem Cell Aging?
Researchers here cast doubt on nuclear DNA damage as a primary cause of decline in the stem cell population that is responsible for creating immune cells and blood cells. All cell populations...
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Singularity Hub: Carpool Apps Are on the Rise—Here’s How to Make Them Go Big
The cell phone ride hail apps like Uber and Lyft are now reporting great success with actual ride-sharing, under the names UberPool, LyftLines and Lyft Carpool. In addition, a whole new raft of apps to...
View ArticleSingularity University: Protected: ACADEMICS UPDATE FOR JULY 15, 2016
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View ArticleLongevity Meme: Recent Research on Aging and Regeneration in the Brain
Today I'll point out a brace of recent research materials, all of which focus on the aging brain. A great deal of aging research is focused on the effects of aging in the brain, in part driven by the...
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