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Antiaging Treatments that are Closest to FDA Approval

Posted in Medicine on 17th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller

There are a few dozen antiaging rejuvenation treatments that are progressing through pre-clinical and clinical trials. Lifespan.io is tracking the antiaging rejuvenation treatments on a rejuvenation roadmap. Two treatments are in phase 3 clinical trial.

New Harvard study fights fat with salty, icy injections

Posted in Medicine on 16th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller

Injecting an icy saline slurry into fat deposits could be a new fat-reduction

AI startups raised $18.5 billion in 2019, setting new funding record

Posted in Business, Software on 15th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller

While overall U.S. venture capital funding dipped in 2019, the artificial intelligence sector bucked this trend by reaching a new annual high for money raised by startups.

Ark Invest’s Big Five Technologies in 2020 Will Be Worth Multiple Trillions Around 2030

Posted in Business on 15th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller

Ark Invest has 11 Big Ideas for 2020. However, Five Ideas are clearly the biggest. AI and Sequencing will supercharge biotechnology for nearly $10 trillion in impact by 2024.

Cancer Death Rate in U.S. Sees Sharpest One-Year Drop

Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller

Breakthrough treatments for lung cancer and melanoma have driven down cancer mortality overall, and from 2016 to 2017 spurred the largest-ever decline.