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- New Evidence Keeping Brain Sharp and Active Wards off Alzheimer’s
- New Discoveries in Cell Aging
- Eye Trials Give Hope for Stem Cells
- How Stem Cell Implants Help Heal Traumatic Brain Injury
- Victory For Crowdsourced Biomolecule Design
- New Approach to Preventing Fatal Septic Shock
- Alzheimer’s Damage Occurs Early
- Fight Aging!
- Chronosphere
- Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation, Part 2
- Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation – Part 1
- Cryonics “Castle”
- Doing the Time Warp
- Interventive Gerontology 1.0.02: First, Try to Make it to the Mean: Diet as a life extending tool, Part 3
- Interventive Gerontology 1.0.02: First, Try to Make it to the Mean: Diet as a life extending tool, Part 2
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Category Archives: Science
Five important empiricist philosophy books
Most contemporary philosophers and social scientists have little interest and understanding of logic or the physical sciences and therefore have little to offer to those who want to understand the philosophical aspects of knowledge. The following five books have been … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Alfred J. Ayer, Analytic Philosophy, Berlin Circle, Bertrand Russell, David Hume, Empiricism, Hans Reichenbach, Logical Empiricism, Logical Positivism, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Philosophy, Rudolf Carnap, Skeptical Empiricism, Vienna Circle
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The unity of science
From the preface of Michael Munowitz’s Principles of Chemistry: The wonder of the world is not its complexity, but its simplicity. Given enough color and canvas, anybody can make a mess; that, we do ourselves. More to admire is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Munowitz, Principles of Chemistry, Unified Science, Unity of Science, Vienna Circle
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Ben Best on nuclear DNA damage and aging
The June 2009 issue of Rejuvenation Research features an article by Cryonics Insitute President Ben Best about the involvement of nuclear DNA damage in the aging process: Abstract This paper presents evidence that damage to nuclear DNA (nDNA) is a … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged Aging, Ben Best, Biogerontology, Cellular Senescence, Cryonics Institute, Nuclear DNA, Rejuvenation, Rejuvenation Research
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CPR and the breath of death?
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Health, Science
Tagged Active Compression Decompression CPR, Autopulse, CPR, Cryonics, LUCAS, LUCAS 2, Mechanical CPR, Michigan Thumper, Mike Darwin, Negative Pressure Ventilation
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The scientific conception of the world
The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle (Wissenschaftliche Weltauffassung: Der Wiener Kreis)
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Hans Hahn, Hans Reichenbach, Logical Empiricism, Logical Positivism, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Otto Neurath, Rudolf Carnap, Vienna Circle, Wiener Kreis
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Whatever happened to the future of medicine
Source: ExtroBritannia Why the much anticipated medical breakthroughs of the early 21st century are failing to materialize Saturday 30th May 2009, 2pm-4pm. Room 403 (fourth floor), Birkbeck College, Torrington Square, London WC1E 7HX. There’s no charge to attend, and everyone … Continue reading
40,000 year old frozen baby mammoth unearthed
In “Ice Baby” by Tom Mueller, the May 2009 issue of National Geographic announces the recent discovery of a 40,000 year old baby mammoth in Sibera. She is called Lyuba, named after the wife of the Nenet reindeer herder who … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Science
Tagged Baby Mammoth, Cloning, Cryonics, DNA, Mammoth, National Geographic, Siberia
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Basile J. Luyet on the instability of solidified solutions
Basile J. Luyet (1897-1974) can be considered the father of modern cryobiology. His book “Life and Death at Low Temperatures” is a classic in the field and his journal “Biodynamica” evolved into a publication solely dedicated to the study of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Science
Tagged Basile J. Luyet, Ben Best, Cryobiology, Cryonics, De-vitrification, Greg Fahy, Intermediate Temperature Storage, Low Temperature Biology, Vitrification
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Less wrong
Less Wrong is a community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality: Over the last decades, new experiments have changed science’s picture of the way we think – the ways we succeed or fail to obtain the truth, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Living, Science, Society
Tagged Eliezer Yudkowsky, Less Wrong, Overcoming Bias, Rationality, Robin Hanson
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Cryonics and transhumanism
The association of cryonics with “transhumanism” seems inevitable but is problematic. It seems inevitable because cryonics should be most attractive to people with a very positive perspective on the future capabilities of technology. Barring rapid advances in mitigating aging, cryonics … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Science, Society
Tagged Anne Corwin, Cryonics, Mark Plus, Nanotechnology, Ray Kurzweil, Singularity, Transhumanism
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DNA preservation and cryonics
Following the news that mice have been cloned from 16 year old frozen tissue comes an announcement that scientists have made advances in resurrecting the extinct Pyrenean Ibex. This does not only offer hope that someday other extinct species may … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Science
Tagged Cloning, Cryonics Institute, DNA, Mind Uploading, Pyrenean Ibex
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The red blood cell as a model for cryoprotectant toxicity
Various approaches are available to investigate cryoprotectant toxicity, ranging from theoretical work in organic chemistry to cryopreservation of complete animals. Because resuscitation of complex organisms after cryopreservation is not feasible at the moment, such investigations need to be confined to … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged Cryobiology, Cryoenzymology, Cryoprotectant Toxicity, Erythrocytes, Red Blood Cells, Vitrification
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A simple method to resuscitate rats from cold circulatory arrest
This is the eighth entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. In 1982, P.D. Rogers and G.P. Webb published some of their observations (based on previous papers and … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Health, Neuroscience, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Hypothermia, Hypoxia, Radoslav Andjus, Ultra-Profound Hypothermia
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Resusciation of larger mammals from subzero temperatures
This is the seventh entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. After spending a few years on perfecting on Andjus’ technique for resuscitating rodents (rats and hamsters) from … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Freezing, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Behavioral effects of ultraprofound hypothermia in rats
This is the sixth entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. After successfully reanimating rats from deep body temperatures of 0 – 2 degrees C and subsequent respiratory … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Death, Learning, Memory, N. Mrosovsky, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Methods to resuscitate rodents from ultraprofound hypothermia
This is the fifth entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. As we have seen, Radoslav Andjus had determined a method for achieving excellent (75-100%) recovery rates in … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, S.A. Goldzveig, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Resuscitation of rats from high subzero temperatures
This is the fourth entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. Up to this point we have discussed the groundbreaking research in the early 1950s performed by Radoslav … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Microwave diathermy to resuscitate hypothermic rats
This is the third entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. Andjus and Smith were delighted that they had managed to modify Andjus’ chest-wall heating technique from using … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Death, James Lovelock, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Improved methods for resuscitation of cold rats
This is the second entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. As discussed previously, in 1951 Radoslav Andjus developed a simple method for resuscitating rats cooled to deep … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Resuscitation of rodents from hypothermic circulatory arrest
This is the first entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. Prior work in hypothermia began in the early 1900s, but because cardiac and respiratory arrest were observed … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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The healthy skeptic
Consumers are constantly bombarded with advice about health. Lower your cholesterol, avoid carbs, take dietary supplements, avoid Teflon, get a full body scan, etc. Such advice does not fall on deaf ears. Who does not want to remain healthy, look … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged Dietary Supplements, Health, Life Extension, Meliorism, Science, Skepticism
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Robert Freitas discusses the future of nanomedicine
Nanotechnology idea-man Robert Freitas, Jr. has published an article in the January 2009 issue of Life Extension Magazine providing a tutorial in nanomedicine and documenting its progression toward real-world application. In “Nanotechnology and Radically Extended Life Span,” Freitas describes several … Continue reading
Nanotechnology: The message matters
A recently conducted study brings a warning to technophiles who think that the facts are all that matter when informing a group of people about a new technology. The fact of the matter is that the message matters more. In … Continue reading
Eric Drexler launches Metamodern blog
Molecular nanotechnology pioneer and cryonics advocate Eric Drexler has launched his own blog called Metamodern: The Trajectory of Technology. This is what we can expect: In this blog, I’ll discuss current progress in science and technology, often with a specific … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins on fashionable nonsense
The Dutch psychologist Piet Vroon once opined that philosophy has lost much of its relevance because it has lost touch with the (natural) sciences. Although philosophers associated with logical positivism and critical rationalism made great efforts to discipline the practice … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Philosophy, Physics, Postmodernism, Richard Dawkins, Skepticism, Social Science
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Gender differences in stroke treatment and prevention
Over the years, experimental science has developed a standard protocol for the testing of medical hypotheses using animal models which calls for the use of males only. Why? Because no laboratory scientist wants to deal with those pesky female hormones. … Continue reading
Experiment made on the mummy
As documented in David M. Friedman’s The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever, Lindbergh and Carrel considered the human body a living machine made of replaceable parts. A major reason why Carrel was … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis Carrel, Charles Lindbergh, Death, Mummy, Perfusion, Resuscitation
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Brownian motion and nanotechnology
Brownian motion started when Robert Brown looked into his microscope and observed that pollen suspended in water moved around in a continuous random motion. Wanting to rule out some “vital life force,” Brown also investigated dead things such as sand … Continue reading
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Tagged Bionanotechnology, Brownian Motion, Eric Drexler, Nanotechnology, Richard Jones
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Lindbergh and Carrel’s quest to live forever
It’s difficult to follow up a best-selling book about the cultural history of the penis, but David M. Friedman has a knack for engaging readers in topics that others find difficult to broach. This time he tackles the touchy subject … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Alexis Carrel, Charles Lindbergh, Immortality, Isolatonism, Perfusion, Science
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BioTime’s quest to defeat aging
Unless you are a long-time cryonicist or a surgeon, you may not have heard of BioTime before. This company, recently profiled for its innovative stem cell research in Life Extension Magazine, is best known for producing the blood-volume expander Hextend, … Continue reading
PLAC blood test for sudden cardiac arrest and stroke risk
Life Extension Foundation (LEF) unveiled a new blood test in an article in this month’s Life Extension Magazine (November 2008). Unlike cholesterol testing, which simply gives a measurement of high-density (HDL) and low-density (LDL) lipoprotein levels and provides little information … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged Blood Testing, Cardiac Arrest, Health, Ischemia, Life Extension Foundation, PLAC, Science
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Convergence08
“On November 15-16, 2008, the world’s most dangerous ideas will collide in Mountain View, California. Convergence08 examines the world-changing possibilities of nanotech and the life-changing promises of biotech. It is the premier forum for debate and exploration of cogtech ethics, … Continue reading
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Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Convergence08, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology
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