Not to be missed! http://www.sens.org/sens3/talks.htm Or here for the streaming video versions: http://richardjschueler.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_itemId=56847 ...
... Thanks Fabio - but... curses! "At last," I thought, "a great application for my clever download manager app." I told it to download all the videos. Then...
Ah, I got it! The picture downloaded a little scrambled, but the audio was good. Perhaps a problem this end with MPeg 4 Much to be excited about from SENS 3. ...
If activating this gene is so great, why does Nature not do it unless under exceptional circumstances? What's the downside? Dirk -- Homepage: www.neopax.com ...
... There may be no downside. But sirtuins require NAD (from dietary niacin or tryptophan) as a cofactor. And evolution hasn't found a way for animals to make...
Because Nature doesn't care how long you live. Once you've lived long enough to breed successfully, you are irrelevant in an evolutionary context. There's just...
My take on that is that only in times of famine does increase the chances of passing genes on to the next generation. In times of plenty, perhaps it may make...
Resveratrol increases mortality in young fishes (don't know about mice), and that might hint at an antagonistic pleiotropy effect for SIRT1. The CR mimetic...
Hi Anders! I think you are referring to the Italian study on fishes? I was a bit concerned about that slight increase in mortality while they were still young...
... Thanks Fabio, that's certainly an alternative and it does offer download, albeit one-at-a-time and manual :\ It's not a big deal, I'll still get around to...
Things are speeding up these days... this just in from a friend - Craig Venter, the controversial DNA researcher involved in the race to decipher the human...
I recently addressed a local gathering of biology teacher on the theme of using the debates around GRIN technologies to encourage engagement with science...
The answer to all this is obvious - support a science student elite with full grants etc. Those who want a PhD in basket weaving from Luton can pay their own...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/listenagain/tuesday/ 18:00 Followed by Omega on Wed Only available for a few days from Radio 7 Dirk -- Homepage: www.neopax.com ...
I've been thinking about getting Enhancing Evolution since it came out, but I've never read anything by the author and I worry it might be written by a...
... Bought it yesterday. It seems quite readable even for a nonspecialist, Harris is a clear writer and does not get into the horrible technicalities some...
In the latest New Scientist there's a whole section on Cheating Death, Dispatches from the war against mortality, and Transhumanists are mentioned on the front...
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