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Crafty Researchers Cast Blood Vessels Into 3D Printed Replacement Organs

Filed Under: Aging, Bio-Tech, Disease

Crafty Researchers Cast Blood Vessels Into 3D Printed Replacement Organs
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The interesting intersection between the ‘Old’ and New sciences of Stem Cells and 3D-Printing is starting to provide some amazing developments in both Life-Extension and Replacement-Parts.

The well-known windpipe-replacement is also one of the bigger successes in that category as of late.

 
*However, to make these things Truly Useful, there are still quite a few obstacles to overcome.

-And now, Make that quite a few, -Minus One.

 
Jennifer Lawrence Lewis and her team have come up with quite an ingenious…

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PhDComics And Dr. JP Magalhaes Ask: What Is Aging (And Can We Do Anything About It)?

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Bio-Tech

PhDComics And Dr. JP Magalhaes Ask: What Is Aging (And Can We Do Anything About It)?


Check out Jorge Cham’s fantastic animation for PhD Comics of a talk on Aging, that was given by Dr. Joao Pedro De Magalhaes.

This abbreviated version of Dr. J’s original talk touches on viability, historical lifespans, cell-renewal, free-radicals, mitochondria, telomeres, lucky animal species, nude rats, genetic-modification, evolution, diet, and linchpin-genes.

 
In it, he also talks about his first inspiration to get into the field of aging-science and transcend the apparent “Law of Nature” that…

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The Case Of The Curiously-Healthy Mice, Mysterious Microbes And Auto-Immune Joint Damage

Filed Under: Aging, Bio-Tech, Disease

The Case Of The Curiously-Healthy Mice, Mysterious Microbes And Auto-Immune Joint Damage
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Okay, so keep in-mind that a little while back we told you that you were your microbes and how lots of them affect you in “No Man Is An Island”…

Fast-forward to 3 years ago when the 2 magic ingredients of curiously-healthy mice and immune cells called Th17s combined in the persons of Drs. Mathis and Littman.

Because Immunologists are the House-ian cool-kids of the science world, and much like freestyle-rap-battlers, they hang out and talk a…

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Google To Tackle Death With Calico. -Your Move, Death…

Filed Under: Aging, Bio-Tech, News

Google To Tackle Death With Calico. -Your Move, Death…
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As much as I was dismayed at Google Health shutting down, I am equally excited at Google Calico launching.

-Which is apparently so badass, that the former CEO of Genentech and current Chairman of Apple, yes -that- Apple, is going to run it,

And puts Curing Cancer on the list of its Easy goals; -Hard ones like serious life-extension to follow.

 
KurzweilAI?, 2045 Project? -You are all toast…

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The Bionic Man Runs Again! New Hydrogel Could Replace Cartilage

Filed Under: Aging, Better Living Through Chemistry, Bio-Tech, Exercise

The Bionic Man Runs Again! New Hydrogel Could Replace Cartilage
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And on the Running theme, anyone who’s had a joint issue for whatever reason, can attest to how hard it is to get back on your feet.

Well, buck up little camper, Because: Science!

By synthesizing a new combination-gel that unites two different types, that then absorb calcium molecules, scientists at Harvard have come up with what they think might be a pretty good Replacement for Cartilage…

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The Ghost of Jim Fixx Returns: Running Bad, Wine Good?

Filed Under: Aging, Exercise, Weight Loss / Fat Loss

The Ghost of Jim Fixx Returns: Running Bad, Wine Good?
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HALLELUJAH JEEZUS, I CAN STOP NOW!!!

James H O’Keefe and Carl Lavie of Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute and the U. Mo. -Kansas City MedSchool have just pronounced the words every poor suffering bastard running his Nikes to the midsole has been waiting to hear since the 70’s taught them Afros on white men were awesome:

“Chronic extreme exercise appears to cause excessive ‘wear-and-tear’ on the heart, inducing adverse structural and electrical remodelling, which offsets some of the CV benefits and longevity improvements conferred by moderate physical activity”



-This includes Running…

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NIH Study: Calorie-Reduction Diet Doesn’t Extend Life [Was Clearly Sabotoaged By Less-Than-Gruntled Monkeys]

Filed Under: Aging, Disease, Noise, Nutrition, Popular Diets, Weight Loss / Fat Loss

NIH Study: Calorie-Reduction Diet Doesn’t Extend Life [Was Clearly Sabotoaged By Less-Than-Gruntled Monkeys]
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BULLSH**! I respectfully disagree. So far, CR is looking like the ONLY thing that works.

The only thing this proves is that there are differences in the 2 methodologies.

-That and monkeys are not to be trusted.

In fact, I’m sure they conspired to screw the results for the indignity of being kept in restricted conditions so blood samples could be taken regularly.

+And at least 1/2 of them were sneaking cigarette breaks…

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