Aging Free - Longevity and Cryonics

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Programming human cells to follow sets of logical instructions

posted on 3/31/2017 12:59:00 PM

A team of researchers at Boston University has developed a new way to engineer mammalian cells that allows for programming them to behave in desired ways.

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Pioneering stem cell gene therapy cures infants with bubble baby disease

posted on 3/30/2017 10:03:00 PM

UCLA researchers have developed a stem cell gene therapy cure for babies born with adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare and life-threatening condition that can be fatal within the first year of life if left untreated.

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Astaxanthin compound found to switch on the FOX03 'longevity gene' in mice

posted on 3/29/2017 1:52:00 PM

The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine ("JABSOM") and Cardax, Inc. ("Cardax") (OTCQB:CDXI), a Honolulu based life sciences company, have jointly announced the results of an animal study evaluating the effectiveness of a compound that holds promise in anti-aging therapy.

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Amazingly fast, cheap genome sequencing: Zika virus mosquito genome assembled from scratch

posted on 3/25/2017 5:23:00 PM

A team of scientists has developed a new way to sequence genomes, which can assemble the genome of an organism, entirely from scratch, dramatically cheaper and faster.

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Gentle eugenics

posted on 3/19/2017 6:40:00 PM

Genetic tools offer the chance to eradicate hereditary diseases. Misused, they could become instruments for prejudice.

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Scientists deploy CRISPR to preserve photoreceptors in mice

posted on 3/15/2017 7:45:00 PM

Silencing a gene called Nrl in mice prevents the loss of cells from degenerative diseases of the retina, according to a new study. The findings could lead to novel therapies for preventing vision loss from human diseases such as retinitis pigmentosa.