The Download: “reprogramming” aging, and the hidden sense of interoception
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why “reprogramming” is the buzziest approach to reversing aging right now Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related diseases, announced that it had dosed its first volunteer. A person with glaucoma has had an experimental treatment injected straight into their eyeball. The idea is to treat the disease by regenerati
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Children can test the new miniature replica of an MRI machine on different toys.
The aim of the Hele Road ward is to give students hands-on experience with equipment and patients.
A new nature-inspired membrane uses perfectly uniform one-nanometer pores to filter molecules with remarkable precision.…
Before testing new therapies in animals, researchers now have a more efficient starting point-lab-grown canine muscle ce…