Feeling Great Forever
I just got back from a short trip to Mexico where I went for the express purpose of having a few grams of placental tissue transplanted beneath the skin of my lower abdomen.
Tagged: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
The Genomic Bodhisattva
David Pearce wants to end your suffering. His manifesto “The Hedonistic Imperative” promises a future where humans live in high-functioning superhappy states devoid of pain and anxiety.
Classy Optical Company Takes Pictures of Your Brain
Carl Zeiss is known for creating desirable lenses, but did you know their creations aren’t limited to just enabling you to get a crisp clean snapshot of your night out on the town?
DNA-coated nanotubes help kill tumors without harm to surrounding tissue
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have destroyed prostate cancer tumors in mice by injecting them with specially-coated, miniscule carbon tubes and then superheating the tubes with a brief zap of a laser.
Einstein’s Brain and the Magic Flute
Einstein’s ability to chase a light beam in “thought experiments” led to the equations of General Relativity.
Skin-like tissue developed from human embryonic stem cells
Dental and tissue engineering researchers at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts have harnessed the pluripotency of human embryonic stem cells (hESC) to generate complex, multilayer tissues that mimic human skin and the oral mucosa (the moist tissue that lines the inside of the mouth).
Do Nanobacteria Actually Rule the Earth and Mars?
The breathless BBC headline read “Do Nanobacteria Rule the Earth and Mars?” But this scoop was in 1999. Did we actually discover evidence for extraterrestrial life ten years ago?
Leaders in Modern Gerontology: Denham Harman Takes on the Free Radicals
The father of The Free Radical Theory of Aging, Denham Harman, deserves a special place in the history of science and in the field of geronotology.
Pitt team first to profile genes in acutely ill idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients
The first findings from a one-of-a-kind, patient-driven effort to provide lung tissue for research might help doctors predict when patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are becoming dangerously ill and also could point the way to interventions that could sustain them until life-saving transplants can be performed.