• Alcor 40 Conference, October 19th 2012

    Updated: 2012-06-29 12:30:41
    Cryonics provider Alcor is holding a 40th anniversary conference in October, and the presently announced program looks much like this: "Sebastian Seung on testing how well cryopreservation (and alternatives) preserves the connectome. Todd Huffman on brain scanning. Panel discussion on long-term financial planning, including investing strategies, inflation protection, and personal trusts. Aschwin and Chana de Wolf from Advanced Neural Biosciences on advances in cryonics-relevant research. Greg Fahy from 21st Century Medicine on advances in cryoprotection. Aubrey de Grey from the SENS Foundation. Joshua Mitteldorf on programmed aging. Anders Sandberg on 'Handling the unknowable and undecidable: rational decision making about future...

  • Demonstrating Genetically Corrected Stem Cells as a Therapy

    Updated: 2012-06-28 12:22:29
    This demonstrated technology platform has wide-ranging uses beyond muscular dystrophy. The ability to generate altered versions of a patient's own stem cell populations and then deliver them as needed could be a useful therapy for many conditions: "scientists have turned muscular dystrophy patients' fibroblast cells (common cells found in connective tissue) into stem cells and then differentiated them into muscle precursor cells. The muscle cells were then genetically modified and transplanted into mice. ... In this study, scientists focused on genetically modifying a type of cell called a mesoangioblast, which is derived from blood vessels and has been shown in...

  • Comments on Chemopreservation Versus Cryopreservation

    Updated: 2012-06-27 12:44:40
    There is some ongoing interest in plastination (or chemopreservation) as a possible alternative to cryonics (or cryopreservation) - though not yet enough for an initiative to arise that offers that service. Here is commentary on this topic: "Even if chemopreservation can be demonstrated to preserve the intricate wiring of the brain, it can be safely assumed that there will not be a massive change in demand for brain preservation technologies ... As a consequence, providers of chemopreservation will most likely operate in the same environment as providers of cryonics. That means that, as a general rule, there will be a...

  • Calorie Restriction Reduces Loss of Synaptic Plasticity

    Updated: 2012-06-27 12:12:52
    Another of the many benefits of calorie restriction is outlined in this paper: "The author focused on the functional decline of synapses in the brain with aging to understand the underlying mechanisms and to ameliorate the deficits. The first attempt was to unravel the neuronal functions of gangliosides so that gangliosides could be used for enhancing synaptic activity. The second attempt was to elicit the neuronal plasticity in aged animals through enriched environmental stimulation and nutritional intervention. Environmental stimuli were revealed neurochemically and morphologically to develop synapses leading to enhanced cognitive function. Dietary restriction as a nutritional intervention restored the...

  • Solid state synthetic molecular machine points to advanced nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-06-26 20:16:25
    Interlocking organic molecules held between copper atoms have been assembled in a void inside a solid state material to create a very simple molecular machine, a wheel that spins around an axle.

  • An Aubrey de Grey Interview from the Melbourne Humanity+ Conference

    Updated: 2012-06-25 23:15:31
    SENS Foundation cofounder Aubrey de Grey presented last month at the humanity+ conference in Melbourne, Australia. Adam Ford, the conference coordinator, interviewed de Grey after the event, and later uploaded a slew of video segments from that interview to YouTube. You might take a look at the playlist of a dozen or so videos, divided by topic. The longest of the segments is embedded below; it covers SENS, the research program that aims to repair the root biochemical causes of aging. Those of you who have heard this material before, and who are familiar with the recent updates on work...

  • Popular Press on Organ Tissue Engineering

    Updated: 2012-06-25 13:09:06
    Building new organs from a patient's own cells is a goal that is gaining more attention from the wider public and the mainstream press: "What if dying patients waiting for an organ transplant could receive a custom, lab-grown replacement rather than waiting for a donor organ? To some, this may sound like science fiction - and in many ways, it still is. But the advances in the field of regenerative medicine that made headlines last week suggest such lab-grown organs may become reality in the future. ... The idea of using a patient's own cells rather than relying on those...

  • Individual atoms resolved within nanoparticle comprising several grains

    Updated: 2012-06-20 20:26:51
    Current methods can image individual atoms in complex structures if the structures are crystalline, comprising many identical structures in a regular array. A new method resolves individual atoms in nanoparticles comprising several irregularly arranged crystalline grains.

  • Chemopreservation in the real world

    Updated: 2012-06-20 08:57:11
    Institute for Evidence Based Cryonics Home About Organization What is cryonics Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics Depressed Metabolism Blog Mailing Lists Sitemap Chemopreservation in the real world 20. June 2012 Comments Off Categories : Cryonics Death Neuroscience Written by : Aschwin de Wolf on June 20, 2012. It is generally not the task of scientists to consider the legal , financial , and logistical limitations when searching for biomedical breakthroughs but there are good examples where considering the real-world applications of a technology can be instructive . Research aimed at preservation of brains or the connectome” is such an example . Even if chemopreservation can be demonstrated to preserve the intricate wiring of the brain , it can be safely assumed that there will not be a

  • About the Farm Bill

    Updated: 2012-06-15 18:15:43
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  • Cryonics and Brain-Threatening Disorders Symposium schedule published

    Updated: 2012-06-08 23:50:43
    Institute for Evidence Based Cryonics Home About Organization What is cryonics Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics Depressed Metabolism Blog Mailing Lists Sitemap Cryonics and Brain-Threatening Disorders Symposium schedule published 08. June 2012 Comments Off Categories : News Written by : Aschwin de Wolf on June 8, 2012. The schedule for the upcoming Portland Cryonics and Brain-Threatening Disorders Symposium has been published On July 7, 2012 a number of high-profile and upcoming speakers in the cryonics and life extension community will talk about identity-destroying brain disorders and how diseases like Alzheimer’s can frustrate the objectives of the most ambitious life extentionists . Topics that will be discussed include the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s , emerging early-diagnosis

  • Advancing nanotechnology with protein building blocks

    Updated: 2012-06-06 20:17:51
    A variety of protein cage structures have been constructed by designing specific protein domains to self-assemble as atomically precise protein building blocks in defined geometries.

  • Foresight Institute at Space Frontier Conference

    Updated: 2012-06-05 01:27:14
    How and how soon will nanotechnology play a role in space commercialization?

  • Carbon nanotube graphene composite improves downhill bike rim

    Updated: 2012-05-27 02:48:09
    Zyvex Technologies and ENVE Composites have demonstrated the superiority of a proprietary nanostructured composite in downhill cycling.

  • New Darpa program may accelerate synthetic biology path to advanced nanotechnology

    Updated: 2012-05-26 23:04:08
    Darpa has launched a "Living Foundries" program to bring an engineering perspective to synthetic biology to greatly accelerate progress through standardization and modularization.

  • Revisiting Donaldson v Van de Kamp: A Comparative Constitutional Analysis

    Updated: 2012-05-09 21:04:42
    : Institute for Evidence Based Cryonics Home About Organization What is cryonics Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics Depressed Metabolism Blog Mailing Lists Sitemap Revisiting Donaldson v Van de Kamp : A Comparative Constitutional Analysis 09. May 2012 Comments Off Categories : News Written by : Aschwin de Wolf on May 9, 2012. An additional speaker has been added to the Symposium on Cryonics and Brain-Threatening Disorders . line-up Keegan Macintosh Revisiting  Donaldson v Van de Kamp A Comparative Constitutional Analysis Suffering from a malignant brain tumour , Thomas Donaldson petitioned the California Superior Court in 1990 for a declaration that he had a constitutionally-protected right to premortem cryopreservation” . His petition was denied , and his subsequent appeal dismissed . In

  • Legal Protection of Cryonics Patients, Part 2

    Updated: 2012-05-05 22:19:26
    , Institute for Evidence Based Cryonics Home About Organization What is cryonics Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics Depressed Metabolism Blog Mailing Lists Sitemap Legal Protection of Cryonics Patients , Part 2 05. May 2012 Comments Off Categories : Cryonics Tags : Cryonics Hostile Relatives Human Rights Legal Protection Resuscitation Trusts Wills Written by : Keegan Macintosh on May 5, 2012. This article series seeks to compare the legal protection of cryonics patients under their present legal status to the legal protection which would be afforded them if they were recognized as persons under the law , thinking ahead to such future time as it becomes reasonably possible to put legal and political pressure towards enhanced legal recognition of cryonics patients . The previous article

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