Author: Consultant

Apr 29 2020

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Biomechanics of skin can perform useful tactile computations

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As our body’s largest and most prominent organ, the skin also provides one of our most fundamental connections to the world around us. From the moment we’re born, it is...

Apr 29 2020

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Nasal smear as an allergy screening test

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In the world of allergy diagnostics, the familiar blood samples and unpleasant skin prick procedures for testing allergen tolerance may soon be a thing of the past. A team of...

Apr 29 2020

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Researchers develop new microneedle array combination vaccine delivery system

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In parallel to their current work on a potential coronavirus vaccine, researchers have developed a new vaccine delivery system for vaccines using live or attenuated viral vectors: a finger-tip sized...

Apr 29 2020

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Electronic skin fully powered by sweat can monitor health

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Electronic skin monitors body’s vitals signs while being powered by sweat.

Apr 29 2020

2020, All, Anti-Aging, Diseases & Problems, Melasma, Pregnancy, sunscreen safety

Melasma, pigment, spring and pregancy!

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For everyone……spring is here in the northern hemisphere anyway!   We are about two months from the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year on June 20,21.  This...

Apr 29 2020

Medicine, Biotech, Research

COVID-19 in the Context of Aging

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It is widely appreciated that old people have a poor time of it when it comes to infectious disease. Seasonal influenza kills tens of thousands of older people every year...

Apr 29 2020

Daily News

The Aging of Muscle Stem Cells

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Impaired function of muscle stem cells is presently thought to be the dominant contributing factor in the development of sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass and strength that affects everyone...

Apr 29 2020

Daily News

The Trials of Running a Public Longevity Industry Company

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Taking a company public is a deal with the devil. One does it to gain access to capital, and at the behest of early investors who want an exit. Thereafter,...

Apr 28 2020

Self-Experimentation

How to Plan and Carry Out a Simple Self-Experiment, a Single Person Trial of Flagellin Immunization

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This lengthy post covers the topic of setting up and running a self-experiment, a human trial of a single individual, to assess whether a ten week course of flagellin immunization...

Apr 28 2020

Daily News

Implicating Glymphatic System Dysfunction in Glaucoma

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There is growing interest in the systems of drainage that carry away cerebrospinal fluid and molecular waste from the brain. The failure of these systems due to the damage and...