The Second Apocalypse

Miscellaneous Chatter => Philosophy & Science => Topic started by: TLEILAXU on January 17, 2018, 03:38:05 am

Title: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: TLEILAXU on January 17, 2018, 03:38:05 am
Rejoice fellow manlets, for God has let us drink deeper from the chalice of life:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-017-0014-y
Title: Re: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: Wilshire on January 17, 2018, 01:26:30 pm
"Pioneering studies of Samaras and his colleagues ..."
Not sure if its safe to read farther. Kelmomas coming out randomly Jeckle and Hyde style :P

What is somatic growth?
Title: Re: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: TLEILAXU on January 17, 2018, 03:00:26 pm
Growth of the body/cells.
Title: Re: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: Madness on January 19, 2018, 04:05:53 pm
You've heard of Dr. Aubrey de Grey's work, tleilaxu?
Title: Re: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: TLEILAXU on January 19, 2018, 05:28:18 pm
Quote from: Madness on January 19, 2018, 04:05:53 pm
You've heard of Dr. Aubrey de Grey's work, tleilaxu?
A little bit. He seems to be a hack to be frank. I haven't seen anything where he comes with something concrete and measurable, although of course I find his mission noble. Feel free to prove me wrong if you know any article referring to actually useful research done by him and his group.
Title: Re: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: Madness on January 22, 2018, 03:45:43 pm
I'll see what I can dig up.

Also, tangentially - Telomere AMA today (https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/7s5ajg/science_ama_series_i_am_david_zappulla_from_johns/):

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Science AMA Series: I am David Zappulla, from Johns Hopkins University. I research telomeres, the caps that protect the ends of chromosomes in eukaryotic organisms from baker’s yeast to humans. Ask Me Anything about the role of telomeres in aging and cancer AMA!
Title: Re: Somatic growth, aging, and longevity
Post by: Madness on January 28, 2018, 04:34:42 pm
Also, I was reminded yesterday that Kurzweil was tapped to head Google's Calico (https://www.calicolabs.com/) a number of years ago. I even wrote an article about it during my stint as a student journalist at uni.