{"id":13695,"date":"2016-12-31T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13695"},"modified":"2016-12-30T22:12:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:12:46","slug":"sci-tech-the-future-of-human-aging-is-looking-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13695","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: The future of human aging is looking up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With yet another New Years celebration upon us, a Baby Boomer&#8217;s thoughts may turn to mortality. To brighten up the melancholy of oldsters still surprised the 1960s are long gone,\u00a0here are some reports on understanding aging and what can be done about the diseases of aging:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">** <em>The Future of Human Aging, by Michael D. West, Ph.D,.CEO of BioTime<\/em>\u00a0 &#8211; An excellent review for the non-expert of the fundamental causes of aging and the prospects for doing something about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Owx2-jzgJHQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Changing the future with stem cells | Crystal Ruff | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool\u00a0<\/em>&#8211; A nice explanation for a general audience of what exactly stem cells are and how they can be used to treat diseases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvMUM-huMaI?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>All The Basics &#8211; Stem Cells as the Engine of Regenerative Medicine<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; More about stem cells and how they can be used to treat the effects of aging &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3kV0ApOoMA4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>**\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/603206\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-gene-therapys-most-promising-year\/\">Everything You Need to Know About Gene Therapy\u2019s Most Promising Year &#8211; Technology Review<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; Gene therapy for a wide range of diseases is making real progress and the field is accelerating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With yet another New Years celebration upon us, a Baby Boomer&#8217;s thoughts may turn to mortality. To brighten up the melancholy of oldsters still surprised the 1960s are long gone,\u00a0here are some reports on understanding aging and what can be done about the diseases of aging: ** The Future of Human Aging, by Michael D. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13695\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: The future of human aging is looking up<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3yT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12551,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12551","url_meta":{"origin":13695,"position":0},"title":"SciTech: Swiss team shows vitamin NR &#8220;stops the aging process of organs&#8221; in mice","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I got a feeling that sales of the vitamin\u00a0nicotinamide riboside\u00a0(NR) will be going up soon:\u00a0A vitamin that stops the aging process of organs - EPFL\u00a0(\u00c9cole polytechnique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne). 28.04.16 - By administering nicotinamide riboside to elderly mice, EPFL researchers restored their organs\u2019 ability to regenerate and prolonged their lives.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6257,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6257","url_meta":{"origin":13695,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Totipotent stem cells derived from adult cells in new simple technique","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't post many items about biology but this developments sounds quite significant if it holds up: Stem cell power unleashed after 30 minute dip in acid - New Scientist Stem cell breakthrough could reopen clone wars - opinion\/New Scientist The research will now be subject to yet more scrutiny\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25643,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25643","url_meta":{"origin":13695,"position":2},"title":"Videos: \u201cSpace to Ground\u201d &#038; other space habitat reports \u2013 Feb.5.2023","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the latest episode in NASA's Space to Ground weekly report on activities related to the International Space Station: https:\/\/youtu.be\/-MM2AAHcMsc ** See astronauts work outside space station in 2nd spacewalk of 2023 - VideoFromSpace NASA astronaut Nicole Mann and Japan's Koichi Wakata are making their second spacewalk of 2023\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In Space Infrastructure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bigelow-xbase-_20160808-001-300x232.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7403,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7403","url_meta":{"origin":13695,"position":3},"title":"Space cherry tree couldn&#8217;t wait to blossom","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Space had a positive effect on one particular cherry tree seed taken to space in 2008 by Japanese astronaut\u00a0Koichi Wakata\u00a0to the International Space Station, where they stayed for 8 months till returned to Japan\u00a0:\u00a0Space sakura have returned to Earth with cherry blossom\u00a0superpowers -\u00a0RocketNews24. 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