Longevity Drug Interactions
I take about a dozen different pills for longevity. There is some evidence behind each of them, but what we really don’t know is how they interact.
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Pharmaceuticals
Neurotransmitters as food supplements: the effects of GABA on brain and behavior
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the human cortex. The food supplement version of GABA is widely available online.
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Moral Enhancement and Transhumanism: Wendell Wallach and James J. Hughes
Yale bioethicist Wendell Wallach and the IEET's James J. Hughes discuss ethical enhancement and transhumanism at the recent Modern Cosmism conference in New York.
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Can Botanicals Replace Metformin?
While emerging anti-aging technologies are still emerging, the best-tested treatments we have for the present all rely on the insulin metabolism.
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Brain Surgery and Personhood
Does brain surgery to treat disease change the essence of who we are?
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What are Biologics and Biosimilars?
Biologics are medicines that are made using certain types of cells to produce the right kind of protein.
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India: Pharmacy to the World
Thousands of fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs – where two or more drugs are combined in a set ratio in a single dose form, usually a tablet or capsule – are formulated, made and sold within India.
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Can anything be done about Parkinson’s Disease?
The cause of Parkinson's Disease is the loss of neurons in a particular region of the mid-brain where nerve signals are translated into chemical signals.
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Ce6 “Night Vision” Eye Drops May Damage Vision — Interview with UCSF Ophthalmologist and Retinal Disease Expert Dr. Jacque Duncan
Ce6 eye drops may cause eye damage including central retinal vein occlusion and retinal hemorrhages in an animal model.
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