As billionaires chase immortality, this startup cofounded by a Harvard genetics professor gets FDA approval for the first partial de-aging human trial

Life Biosciences will test its gene therapy designed to partially reset a cell’s age and reverse vision loss in patients with glaucoma and NAION.

Fortune

Two Piece Fest "Opening Night"

online, Thursday, February 12 at 10:00 PM CST

https://chicago.askapunk.net/event/two-piece-fest-opening-night

Breakthrough cancer therapy stops tumor growth without harming healthy cells

Scientists have found a new way to stop cancer growth without damaging healthy cells. Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Vividion Therapeutics discovered a compound that blocks the signal telling cancer cells to grow and divide. The treatment worked in mice with lung and breast tumors and didn’t cause harmful side effects seen in earlier drugs. Now entering human trials, this breakthrough could open the door to safer, more precise cancer therapies.

ScienceDaily

including primates, ultimately fail in #HumanTrials. Instead of green-lighting mega breeding facilities, governments should be investing in the #alternatives to animal testing, many of which exist, but receive little attention.

Residents of the #Georgia town have filed a lawsuit opposing the project, and now lawmakers are deciding how to proceed. Let's help stop it in its tracks .

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With the first human trial of Neuralink I'm sharing my video again!

https://youtu.be/mpJ47dGGWGU?si=W00KzsqMrPiDdGKQ

#neuralink #humanTrials #musk #elonMusk #elonTusk #elonTusky

Neuralink: Better and Worse Than You Think (August 2020)

YouTube

Let me salve your conscience: ethics does not require that you hope this goes well.

#neuralink #ElonMusk #HumanTrials

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/30/1227850900/elon-musk-neuralink-implant-clinical-trial

Artificial Wombs for Premature Babies Might Soon Begin Human Trials

An FDA panel discussed the new technology—tested only on animals so far—along with its risks and potential to improve survival of preterm infants

Smithsonian Magazine
#ElonMusk's Neuralink #Brain Implant Approved for #HumanTrials in the US — Is It Safe?
https://www.inverse.com/health/neuralink-human-trials-fda-risks
Elon Musk's Neuralink Brain Implant Approved for Human Trials in the US — Is It Safe?

The implant sends their brain signals via Bluetooth to a computer, which then translates their intended action into tasks on a computer.

Inverse

* This company is about to grow new organs in a person for the first time *

"Their approach is to inject liver cells from a donor into the lymph nodes of sick recipients, which can give rise to entirely new miniature organs. These mini livers should help compensate for an existing diseased one. The approach appears to work in mice, pigs, and dogs. Now we’ll find out if it works in people. "

#BioTech #Liver #Science #MedicalScience #HumanTrials

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/25/1058652/grow-new-organs/

This company is about to grow new organs in a person for the first time

A volunteer with severe liver disease will soon undergo a procedure that could lead them to grow a second liver.

MIT Technology Review
Bloomberg - Neuralink Corp. aims to begin human trials of its brain-computer interface w/in 6 months. Announcement made by Neuralink founder CEO Musk on 11/30/22 comes after months of successful talks w FDA. Neuralink boosted investment in brain-computer interface tech that was under development for years in academic settings. Military Industrial Complex?? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-01/musk-s-neuralink-hopes-for-human-trials-approval-within-six-months #HumanTrials #BrainImplants #Robotics #BrainComputer #interface #Musk #MilitaryRobots
Musk’s Neuralink Hopes to Implant Computer in Human Brain in Six Months

The startup awaits implant approval while already working on curing paralysis.

Bloomberg