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Mar 7, 2021

Scientists grow human-Neanderthal hybrid ‘minibrains’ in petri dishes

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SB Acharyya.

This is correct https://www.frontiersin.org/…/10…/fnhum.2010.00224/


Sesame seed-size brains created from a mix of human and Neanderthal genes lived briefly in petri dishes in a University of California, San Diego laboratory, offering tantalizing clues as to how the organs have evolved over millennia.

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Mar 7, 2021

New brain imaging research sheds light on the neural underpinnings of emotional intelligence

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, computing, neuroscience

Recently published neuroimaging research provides evidence that the directional connectivity between several brain regions plays an important role in emotional processing abilities.

Although interest in emotional intelligence has been steadily growing since the 1990s, the underlying neural mechanisms behind it have yet to be clearly established. The new study, which appears in NeuroImage, is part of a process to begin to fill in this gap in scientific knowledge.

“Emotional intelligence is one of the least studied topics, especially in conjunction with cutting-edge computational neuroimaging techniques,” explained lead researcher Sahil Bajaj, the director of the Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory at Boys Town National Research Hospital.

Mar 7, 2021

The Dalai Lama Gets A COVID-19 Shot And Urges Others To Get Vaccinated

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Updated at 2:12 p.m. ET

The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, left his home on Saturday to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and promote vaccination against the coronavirus, in what was his first public appearance in over a year.

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Mar 6, 2021

Christopher Kennedy — Top Box Foods — Year Round Access To Nutritious Foods, In Food Insecure Areas

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, food, life extension

Mr. — Chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises — Our discussion starts out on U.S. food insecurity, but journeys into the topics of aging, as well as regeneration research at University of Chicago’s MBL.


A “food desert” is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food, and the designation considers both the type and quality of food available, as well as the accessibility of the food through the size and proximity of the food stores.

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Mar 6, 2021

A New Way to Halt Excessive Inflammation

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Summary: The protein Arginase-2 works through mitochondria to reduce inflammation. The findings could lead to new treatments for diseases associated with neuroinflammation, including multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.

Source: RCSI

RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to ‘put the brakes’ on excessive inflammation by regulating a type of white blood cell that is critical for our immune system.

Mar 6, 2021

Unexpected discovery about stem cell immortality study

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“An exciting outcome of this research is that it definitively shows the critical protective element at chromosome ends is the telomere DNA loop,” said Associate Professor Cesare.

“This likely explains why telomere length regulates ageing; cells must need long enough telomeres to make the DNA loops and this becomes difficult as cells age.”


Telomeres are the protective caps at chromosome ends. In adult cells, telomeres shorten each time a cell divides and this contributes to ageing and cancer. Pluripotent stem cells, however, are specialised cells that exist in the earliest days of development. These pluripotent cells do not age and have the ability to turn into any type of adult cell.

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Mar 5, 2021

Election posters in Stuttgart with our advisory board member Aubrey de Grey for the state election in Baden-Württemberg on march 14th 2021

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The Partei für Gesundheitsforschung (German Party for Health Research) demands, that the state should invest about 5 billion Euro per year additionally into biomedical research to hasten the development of effective medicine against the diseases of old age.

Here is our election program in German: https://parteifuergesundheitsforschung.de/wahlprogramm-der-p…erttemberg.

Please also consider donating money to the party, so that we can participate in more future elections. To participate in this years federal election in 12 states we would need e.g. at least about 50.000 Euro and unfortunately the party has almost no money at the moment. Election campaigns are a very good way to do advocacy for our cause and we can reach a lot of people this way, that we otherwise wouldn’t reach. Donating details: https://parteifuergesundheitsforschung.de/donate.

Mar 5, 2021

What People With Long COVID Want Their Colleagues To Know

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Individuals who had COVID are experiencing fatigue, shortness of breath, headaches, memory loss, heart palpations, they can’t think clearly…, more time will tell us the affects of being a COVID-19 victim.


“I really am disabled now, so it really does take a toll.”

Mar 5, 2021

Seven scientific sectors to get extra funds as China pushes for global standing

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics, government, health, neuroscience, space travel

Integrated circuits, brain sciences, genetics and biotechnology, clinical medicine and health care, and deep Earth, sea, space and polar exploration were named as the other five sectors that will be given priority in terms of funding and resources, according to a draft of the government’s 14th five-year plan for 2021–25, and its vision through 2035.


‘Basic research is the wellspring of scientific and technological innovation, so we’ll boost spending in this area by a considerable sum,’ Premier Li Keqiang says.

Mar 4, 2021

Daan Roosegaarde develops Urban Sun to clean public spaces of coronavirus

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Studio Roosegaarde has built a UV light that can be installed in public spaces, allowing people to meet with less fear of contracting Covid-19.