DNA
Google-Backed Calico Partners With Ancestry to Beat the Specter of Aging
Posted in Business on 27th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Calico will look for genetic patterns in people who have lived exceptionally long lives, then make drugs to help more of us do that.
Some updates in the quest for a cure for aging
Posted in Business on 30th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Google isn't the only company putting millions of dollars into ending the effects of aging.
Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells
Posted in Medicine on 25th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere extending protein to human cells. Cell proliferation was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers.
Pfizer partnering with Ido Bachelet on DNA nanorobots
Posted in Medicine on 17th May, 2015
by Alex Muller
If Bachelet's approach proves successful, and is backed by more research in the coming years, the teams work could signal a transformation moment in cancer treatment.
Scientists discover a key driver of human aging:
Posted in Science on 1st May, 2015
by Alex Muller
This discovery may lead to slowing or reversing the aging process.