Google’s billion dollar life extension division, Calico, today announced Daphne Koller will be building a Computational Biology and Machine Learning Team in her role as Chief Computing Officer. She will build a team focused on developing powerful computational and machine learning tools for analyzing biological and medical data sets. She and her team will work…
Hospitals start using Watson supercomputer to diagnose cancer
A recent article from Stat reports on the use of the IBM Watson supercomputer in assisting in diagnosis and treatment of cancer. From the article: The goal is to use Watson’s natural language processing to mine the medical literature and a patient’s records to provide treatment advice. And this month the Watson computer system is…
Helper molecule reverses degeneration of muscle in mouse model of tissue aging, wasting
Study illuminates role of essential compound in maintaining physical endurance, possible treatment Maintaining proper levels of an essential helper molecule is crucial for optimal muscle function, according to a study led by Joseph Baur, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Some athletes are already…
Aubrey de Grey on staying ahead of aging
Aubery de Gray predicts fifty percent chance within the next 20 years of achieving first generation SENS antiaging technology which could rejuvenate humans by 30 years. Antiaging progress is going to be more and more dramatic within 6-10 years the progress will be made that will make it clear to everyone that the antiaging revolution…
OncoSENS Control ALT Delete Cancer
Of all the risk factors associated with cancer: obesity, smoking, sun exposure etc., there is none more universal than aging. According to a 2011 report on Global Health and Aging, the number of people aged 65 or older is projected to reach 1.5 billion by 2050 and correspondingly the yearly number of new cancer cases…
Diet and exercise can reduce protein build-ups linked to Alzheimer’s
A study by researchers at UCLA’s Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior has found that a healthy diet, regular physical activity and a normal body mass index can reduce the incidence of protein build-ups that are associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The study found that each one of several lifestyle factors—a…
Mediterranean Diet
Evidence suggests Mediterranean diet helps you live longer. Latest findings published in Cell magazine can be boiled down to: Mediterranean diet. Composed of healthy fats like olive oil, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and fish, and little red meat or sugar. Caloric restriction. Suggests reduced intake of calories however, balanced so as not to cause malnutrition….