Monthly Archives: December 2011
Virtual Humans Can and Will Accelerate Medical Testing
As a matter of fact, virtual humans are already helping to figure out the right radiation dose for pregnant women and defibrillator types for children. Virtualization technologies provide the opportunity to create anatomically accurate simulations of the human body with … Continue reading
Filed under Artificial Intelligence
Open Science is Key in the Opinion of Paul Allen
Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, established the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle in 2003. By integrating genomic and anatomic information, as well as sophisticated data search and viewing tools, the unique resources of the Institute offer researchers unprecedented access … Continue reading
Filed under Policy
Extreme Futurist Festival
I really hate to live on the wrong continent. Not because one can’t buy music is iTunes in Russia, but because I am missing all the meetings worth going to. I believe Extreme Future Festival, put together by Rachel Haywire … Continue reading
Filed under Transhumanism
CELLebrity Doctors Calendar
I am honored to be part of the “CELLebrity” Doctors Calendar, a special initiative of Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research. The Calendar was designed to educate the public about stem cell research and it captures female scientists from … Continue reading
Filed under Stem Cell Research
Synthetic Biology and its Promise
Synthetic Biology is going to be huge all over the world very soon. No wonder, the promise is incredible. According to Jeurgen Pleiss, possible applications of synthetic biology include: 1. Genetic circuits. The BioBrick project initiated at MIT seeks to … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
CNN – Peter Diamandis and the X PRIZE to Sequence 100 Genomes of Centenarians
$10 million Archon Genomics X PRIZE will be awarder to the first company to sequence 100 genomes in 30 days. Not just regular genomes, but the most fascinating – the ones that come from centenarians, people who are 100 years … Continue reading
Filed under Genetics
Money Chart
I love charts. And money. If you do too, then you should take a look at this money chart right here. 5 different things I learned from it: 1. It’s very likely the problem of aging can be solved using … Continue reading
