Technology advancement and life extension programs are accelerating across a range of fields of longevity studies. It might turnout that the future of cybernetics transcends human kind into a biologically immortal Cyborg. Technology has driven the world from a primitive state towards a highly sophisticated and complex modern world. The primitive man [...]
Continue reading...24. February 2010
There are definitely doubts about biological immortality. However, life itself is a mystery of its own, unraveling it might require longevity to reach a state of immortality. This is why the brain of Albert Einstein has been preserved. Our disbelief in cryonics is visible, in the way our post-mortem brain is treated. It is buried [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2010
Longevity, levity and life extension are amidst the most pre-historic quest that man has been dreaming of. It is explained through stories, myths, elixirs and is sometimes referred to as the fountains of youth. These topics are brought to the first page as superlative exponential advancement in technology is transcending to a new era [...]
Continue reading...15. February 2010
Scientific research suggests that it is possible to put an end to the aging disease related to skin. Apparently, a gene variant propels biological aging in human beings. University of Groningen in the Netherlands and University of Leicester, King’s College London made in-depth research finding out a gene variant associated with aging. The study was [...]
Continue reading...14. February 2010
Cryonics has since long been in the back mind of scientific progress. It can practically be defined as a method to preserve the life of a person, in particular circumstance when medicine will be unable to assure the survival of the individual. The objective of cryonic is to be able to transcend time (decades or [...]
Continue reading...11. February 2010
The United Kingdom’s Leading Futurist discussed his astonishing forecast of what life will have to offer in the next forty five years. Among his predictions for the near future he speaks of airplanes that will be too frightened to crash, your morning yogurt offering a good morning greeting before you eat it and how our human [...]
Continue reading...5. February 2010
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Medical advancement has proved cell transformation more convenient than predicted. Fibroblasts, a type of skin cells can be converted into neurons with just some simple twists according to a recent report published. The transformation process did earlier rely on embryonic stem cells as differentiation of adult cells was thought too complex but not any longer. [...]
Continue reading...21. January 2010
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If you tell someone you would like to live forever you could be called a dreamer, a narcissist, the devil’s spawn or even just plain nuts! Approximately two hundred people took the chance of being pegged for one of these when they attended the Alcor Extreme Life Extension Conference last year. These people are determined [...]
Continue reading...7. January 2010
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Ray Kurzweil has been in the news quite a bit lately regarding his thoughts on the future of life extension and technology. He gives his learned opinions often on these and other subjects related to future expectations and in turn receives acknowledgement for his portending on issues. He makes predictions and boldly gives time frames [...]
Continue reading...5. January 2010
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There is only one man who has been cured from AIDS and this patient did suffer from leukemia. When he treated leukemia the patient did fortunately obtain a bone marrow transplant from a voluntary donor in Berlin and by astronomical coincidence, the donor was naturally immune to AIDS. This means that if ever there is [...]
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3. March 2010
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