11/30/2009 PERMALINK
Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system Saarland University in Homburg, Germany

11/30/2009 PERMALINK
What do military commanders most like about their new bot warriors? They're expendable! Talon robots

11/30/2009 PERMALINK
Clinical trials launched for treating aggressive brain tumors with personalized cell vaccines University of Navarra Hospital

11/30/2009 PERMALINK
Stem cells used by researchers to bring about rapid healing for patients suffering from complicated bone fractures Hebrew University of Jerusalem

11/30/2009 PERMALINK
First live targeting of tumors with RNA-based aptamers (bits of RNA that bind to a specific target protein) Duke University Medical Center

11/30/2009 PERMALINK
High levels of physical activity in middle-age increases your risk of developing arthritis Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco and Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Muenster, Germany

11/29/2009 PERMALINK
fMRI scans of brain region activation finds that danger stimuli triggers action region in men, emotion region in women Jagiellonian University Hospital in Krakow, Poland

11/28/2009 PERMALINK
Investors catching on - new market research report "Regenerative Medicine - Global Market Trends" is published Reportlinker

11/27/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists crystallize protein that helps identify probiotic bacteria strains that are likely to be of most benefit to people Norwich BioScience Institutes

11/27/2009 PERMALINK
How irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, harms the planet, and causes you to harm your own health Michael Specter

11/27/2009 PERMALINK
A roundup of robots designed to help humans with food preparation FOOMA International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo

11/27/2009 PERMALINK
Images from the International Robot Exhibition now is going on in Tokyo IREX 2009

11/25/2009 PERMALINK
Technology IQ and the quest to maximum the effectiveness of the human brain University of California, Irvine

11/25/2009 PERMALINK
If a student can hack together a bot like this, fully-autonomous, human-hunting terminators will soon be a reality X-Brat Mechwarrior

11/25/2009 PERMALINK
If you are under age 30, barring accidents and wars, you have centuries of healthy life ahead of you Longevity Summit

11/24/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists identify chromosome altering protein (BAHD1) that is responsible for the silencing of gene expression France's Pasteur Institute ~ French National Center for Scientific Research ~ French National Institute for Agricultural Research ~ German's Forschungszentrum Julich

11/24/2009 PERMALINK
SensorFly aerial bot swarm mesh WOMO (Weapons Of Mass Oppression) now available to spy on your entire city watch SensorFly in action ~ Carnegie Mellon University

11/24/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists demonstrate that stem cells from amniotic fluid can be used for treating a wide array of diseases Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center

11/24/2009 PERMALINK
A diet rich in polyphenols & polyunsaturated fatty acids boosts the birth of new neurons in your brain Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

11/24/2009 PERMALINK
Universal translator bots that run on your smart phone Sahkr ~ Jibbigo ~ Voxtec ~ overview

11/23/2009 PERMALINK
A protein generated by the phosducin gene modulates your blood pressure in response to stress University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

11/23/2009 PERMALINK
Eruption of Toba supervolcano 73,000 years ago deforested India 3,000 miles away and brought on instant ice age University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ~ Our cosmos produces events like this constantly and our civilization needs to be resilient enough to withstand them.

11/23/2009 PERMALINK
Human-derived umbilical cord blood stem cell transplants show positive therapeutic effects for lung & heart disease Samsung Medical Center, Seoul

11/23/2009 PERMALINK
Peptide C3a can boost the formation of nerve cells & stimulate replacement of nerve cells lost due to injury or illness University of Gothenburg

11/23/2009 PERMALINK
Symbiotic bacteria living on your skin's surface trigger pathway that prevents excessive inflammation after an injury University of California - San Diego

11/23/2009 PERMALINK
Yellow page publishers developing bots to augment your reality Yell.com demo

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers find genetic variation that contributes to how empathetic a human is and how he or she reacts to stress Oregon State University

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Fox0 gene associated with longevity affects the function of stem cells that generate new neurons in the adult brain Stanford University Medical Center

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Rapidly evolving "junk" DNA creates incompatibilities between two related species that prevent reproduction Cornell University

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists reveal how induced pluripotent stem cells differ from embryonic stem cells Johns Hopkins and Harvard

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
New research finds that adult neurons can still be regenerated as long as 15 months after a spinal cord injury University of California, San Diego

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Progress towards forecasting the expression of all genes in a given organism is demonstrated by researchers European Molecular Biology Laboratory

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
You carry 10 times more bacteria cells than human ones - techniques for mapping your personal bacteria community University of Colorado, Boulder

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Bird flu less of a worry, at least two simultaneous mutations required before it would transmit easily human to human Imperial College London

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Plans to purposefully re-engineer the world's climate got their first Congressional committee hearing Geoengineer ~ see also Why we must learn how to control our planet's climate

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Alice chat bot talks with new chat bot personality auto-derived from Captain Kirk's lines from all the Star Trek scripts YouTube

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Modding soybeans so their oil can increase the level of omega-3 fatty acid in humans just like fish oil Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers prove tiny 1 milliwatt light beam can power micro-electromechanical & nano devices Cornell University

11/22/2009 PERMALINK
Injecting your own purified stem cells (called CD34+ cells) into your heart grows blood vessels speeding recovery Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Bot swarm evolving better communications skills & the ability to deceive other bots about the location of food EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Gene mod producing follistatin results in long-term gene expression for larger, stronger muscles in primates Nationwide Children's Hospital

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Mutated form of the H1N1 discovered that lets virus infect deeper into airways causing more severe illness Norway's Institute of Public Health

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
X-ray imaging captures a motor-like biological protein at work Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Clips illustrate a few of the many possible apps for augmented reality bots Beijing Institute of Technology, WhyTraveltoFrance.com, Louvre DNP-Museum Lab, Metaio, IGD Fraunhofer, Beyond Tomorrow

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Discovery of inflamation regulating Th22 immune cells promises breakthrough in ending chronic immune diseases Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Tiny surgical bots that enter your body and work on the inside with no need to put you under or cut you open University of Pittsburgh

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
Small microfluidic chip uses capillary action to test for biological markers of numerous diseases simultaneously IBM ~ Researcher interview clip

11/20/2009 PERMALINK
You will be controlling your computers using a chip implanted in your brain by 2020, scientists say Intel's Pittsburgh research lab, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh

11/19/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers succeed in recreating a whole epidermis from human embryonic stem cells INSERM (Institut national de la sante et de la recherche medicale)

11/19/2009 PERMALINK
Cracking the "histone code" to find out why a gene in one cell functions differently than the same gene in another cell Princeton University, Engineering School

11/19/2009 PERMALINK
Cortical simulation on cat-brain scale indicates feasibility of building a cognitive computing chip IBM Research's cognitive computing team

11/18/2009 PERMALINK
Real-time decision support bot helps doctors & hospitals arrive at better diagnosis & treatment choices GE Healthcare

11/18/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists confirm that blindness causes brains to undergo structural changes compensating for loss of visual input University of California Los Angeles Department of Neurology

11/18/2009 PERMALINK
A transcription factor called CREB-binding protein (CBP) accounts for 80% of lifespan variation in mammals Mount Sinai School of Medicine

11/18/2009 PERMALINK
Six months is all it took to flip Europe's climate from warm and sunny into the last ice age, researchers have found University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada

11/18/2009 PERMALINK
Regulating protein Srebp2 drives the cholesterol formation process that propagates prion disease in neuronal cells Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen - German Research Center for Environmental Health

11/17/2009 PERMALINK
Tiny insects can be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists Queen Mary, University of London

11/17/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers identify gene that tells embryonic stem cells in your brain when to stop producing more neurons North Carolina State University

11/17/2009 PERMALINK
Even the slightest possibility of receiving a financial reward activates an area of your brain called the striatum Department of Neurology at the Rakuwakai-Otowa Hospital and the Research Center for Nano Medical Engineering at Kyoto University

11/17/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists discover new type of immune cell that goes out of control to cause certain chronic inflammatory diseases Imperial College London

11/17/2009 PERMALINK
Genetic mapping identifies 2 proteins that if missing or mutated impair body's ability to fight off fungal infections Radboud University, Netherlands and University College London

11/17/2009 PERMALINK
25-year batteries for your implantable devices Widetronix

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
The current system imposes an implicit marginal tax rate of around 100% on those struggling to get off welfare Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers discover the start signal for cell survival code initiated by your cell's react to DNA damage Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
Repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cords with nano-spheres injected into the blood shortly after accident Purdue University

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
Start-up selling generator that uses springs and a magnet to recharge your pocket tech nPower

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
Learning how to hack around any system will be THE key survival skill in the years ahead Hacks in Baltimore

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
The immutable politiconomic mechanism that insures financial regulators always do precisely the wrong thing interfluidity

11/16/2009 PERMALINK
Fixing our medical system by replacing old trial-and-error-one-treatment-fits-all ethic with personalized medicine Advances Towards Personalized Medicine is a one-day symposium exploring this idea.

11/15/2009 PERMALINK
Fabricating compliant bot hands able to withstand twists, impacts, falls, collisions & severe back-bending MIT

11/15/2009 PERMALINK
Telltale consciousness signiture detected with brain scans, a breakthrough in understanding how our minds work University of Cambridge

11/14/2009 PERMALINK
Contact lens that harvest radio waves to power their LED displays pave the way for augmented reality University of Washington

11/14/2009 PERMALINK
A brief summary of the prospects for genetically engineering enhanced memory Karolinska Institutet

11/14/2009 PERMALINK
Understanding how RNA interference can treat diseases & aging effects by shutting down specific genes MIT

11/14/2009 PERMALINK
Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice produces anti-depression and anti-anxiety effects School of Pharmacy at the University of Maryland

11/14/2009 PERMALINK
Tests of westerners & African nomads suggest your brain comes with innate sense of geometry already coded University of Southern California

11/14/2009 PERMALINK
Some excellent public service announcements produced promoting humods technologies Methuselah Foundation ~ Watch their public service announcements

11/13/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers fab fully biodegradable organic transistors for control of temporary medical implants Stanford University ~ Interview with researchers

11/12/2009 PERMALINK
What it feels like to be superman - trying out an exoskeleton Human Universal Load Carrier (HULC)

11/12/2009 PERMALINK
Bowtie-shaped tunable nano color sorter can capture, filter and steer light at nanoscale Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Molecular Foundry

11/12/2009 PERMALINK
More progress on mimicking photosynthesis to produce cheap & plentiful hydrogen fuel University of Tennessee at Knoxville

11/12/2009 PERMALINK
Quality of your short-term memory depends on ability of newly formed neurons to erase older connections The University of Toyama

11/11/2009 PERMALINK
Clear link between living to 100 & inheriting hyperactive version of enzyme that rebuilds your telomeres Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University

11/11/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers identified gene (Rps23r1) able to reduce the accumulation of two toxic proteins that cause dementia Burnham Institute

11/10/2009 PERMALINK
When politicos banned booze America's cops became utterly corrupt, now the ban on drugs is doing it again The National Strategy Forum Review

11/10/2009 PERMALINK
Augmented reality bot for iPhone remembers where you parked your car Car Finder

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists successfully reprogram red blood cells to produce a critical lysosomal enzyme Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers identify genetic cause of age-related loss of sensory hair cells & spiral ganglion neurons in inner ear University of Wisconsin-Madison

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
Research indicates human embryonic stem cells can restore cognitive abilities impaired by brain tumor treatments University of California - Irvine

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers have used tissue engineering techniques to completely replace penile erectile tissue in rabbits Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
Embryonic stem cell therapy restores walking ability in rats with neck injuries University of California - Irvine

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists have succeeded in shutting off the growth of malignant tumors by turning up the production of TAp63 proteins Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

11/09/2009 PERMALINK
For any given human cancer there is, somewhere, a person who possesses immune cells that can kill it efficiently and rapidly Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University

11/08/2009 PERMALINK
An instantaneous translation scrolling across your retina whenever you hear someone speak a foreign language NEC's TeleScouter

11/06/2009 PERMALINK
Improved designs make nanoparticles a potentially safer alternative than gene therapies delivered by viruses MIT

11/06/2009 PERMALINK
An overview of how gene therapies are now being used to treat many diseases Genzyme Corp. and California Institute of Technology

11/05/2009 PERMALINK
Think $150,000 Iraq mercenary salaries a ripoff? Pentagon wants $500,000 for each additional troop in Afghanistan Defense Department comptrollers office

11/05/2009 PERMALINK
Enzyme Mst3b found to be master regulator for regenerating damaged axons (brain & nerve fibers) in live animals Children's Hospital Boston

11/05/2009 PERMALINK
Your pocket tech could runs for weeks with "ionic liquid" metal-air batteries that beat best lithium-ions by 11 times Fluidic Energy a spin-off company from research done at Arizona State University

11/05/2009 PERMALINK
A tiny new radio chip implant can harvest power from the surrounding tissue to sense and transmit neural activities University of Washington

11/05/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists create lung tissue from human embryonic stem cells using a convenient air-liquid interface Department of Embryology and Genetics at the Free University of Brussels

11/05/2009 PERMALINK
Could this toy be the prototype for a low-cost bot able to educating our kids and take care of the old? ROPID, the latest creation of Japanese robotics guru Tomotaka Takahashi ~ Watch more of this amazing little bot in action.

11/04/2009 PERMALINK
New research has revealed precisely why taking fish oils helps with aging-related conditions like rheumatoid arthritis Queen Mary, University of London and Harvard Medical School

11/04/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists wire a fully functional artificial "SmartHand" to existing nerve endings in the stump of a severed arm Tel Aviv University

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
Research center/clinic established to develop & offer state-of-the-art eye regenerative therapies & devices Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and National University Hospital (NUH) jointly launch IBN iCare and the NUH Eye Centre @ Biopolis

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
A 'spoonful of sugar' makes your lifespan go down finds an animal model study University of California, San Francisco

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
The impact of super-empowering tech like mesh nets, smart bots, nano & bio tech on the old order

We live in an age where wealth and influence is growing ever more concentrated and thereby increasingly unjust/unstable, while the ability to do everything, from making war to building things to mass communications, can now (or soon will) be accomplished by nearly anybody with the desire to do so. From a historical perspective, I'm fairly sure that this is a recipe for a global disaster. ~ John Robb

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
Pure carbon-nanotube fibers, most efficient, best tolerated brain/computer interface material, made at industrial-scale Rice University

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
Cellular pathway initiates limb regeneration by unlocking gene expression patterns from embryonic development Salk Institute

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
A protein called p55 or MPPI appears to direct your neutrophils (white blood cells) to the scene of the infection University of Illinois at Chicago

11/03/2009 PERMALINK
Spinal cord regeneration enabled by stabilizing, improving delivery of scar-degrading enzyme Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University

11/01/2009 PERMALINK
To track your blog posts, Twitter updates & Amazon book reviews, C.I.A. buys stake in company monitoring them C.I.A.'s investment arm In-Q-Tel ~ Coverage on Wired's Danger Room

11/01/2009 PERMALINK
Scientists for first time use gene therapy to repair injured human donor lungs, making them transplant suitable McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Toronto Health Network

11/01/2009 PERMALINK
Researchers find efficient way to coax human embryonic stem cells into germ cells (egg or sperm cell precursors) Stanford University Medical Center

11/01/2009 PERMALINK
Nano-chemo delivery vehicles eliminate tumors after a single treatment, breakdown into harmless byproducts Duke University

11/01/2009 PERMALINK
An overview of advances in methods and technologies for brain repair and other types of regenerative medicine Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, University of South Florida College of Medicine and Department of Neurosurgery, Korea University Medical Center

11/01/2009 PERMALINK
Depriving your brain of sleep causes it to switch over from fast intuitive thinking to a plodding rule-based approach Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Texas in Austin