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Artificial intelligence will be here soon

Over the last few years I have gone from an AGI skeptic to being significantly worried about how soon it will likely come to exist.

‘Anti-ageing’ protein shown to slow cell growth is key in longevity – new research

Researchers have identified an anti-ageing protein which controls protein metabolism, a process linked to ageing and disease.

Decoding Your Brain: The Search for Stability at the Brain-Computer Interface

The new algorithm outperforms the current standard and can function continuously over days without needing recalibration.

A brain-computer interface restores a paralyzed man’s vital senses

Ian Burkhart, who severed his spinal cord in a swimming accident in 2010 is now able to move and feel via a BCI.

A Major breakthrough in reversing the cellular aging process

A team at Harvard has identified molecules that restore protective caps on the tips of our chromosomes that regulate cells ageing.

Systems Biology and the Coming of “Big” Science

This truly remarkable time in the biological sciences has the opportunity to effectively attack some of the most fundamental problems of society.

First-ever in-body CRISPR human trial performed by Clinicians

The clinical trial at the Oregan Health & Science University was performed to treat a blindness-causing gene mutation.

Econogenomics: The Economics of Genomic Testing for Health

Suppose you could buy your health by the day. How much would you be willing to pay for each year of perfect health?

Human gene editing is too transformative to be guided by the few

We are not remotely ready for what’s coming. Yet we must be, to optimise the benefits and minimise the potential harms of genetic technologies.

The Techno-Human Shell – A Jump in the Evolutionary Gap

Will a wide-spread practice of installing technology into the body fundamentally change human essence?

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