The world of 2100 and beyond – reaching for the stars By Dick Pelletier Experts predict that over the next nine decades, exponential advances in biotech,...
Happy New Year to all of the Las Vegas Future Salon Members! Next Week, on Friday January 11, 2008 we will kick off the new year with a presentation on...
Technology Review Wednesday, January 02, 2008 By Eric Bland A polymer studded with chemicals that resemble a common neurotransmitter can stimulate the growth...
From the Los Angeles Times Academics, musicians, even poker champs use pills to sharpen their minds, legally. Labs race to develop even more. By Karen Kaplan...
What: This month's presentation is Epigenetics: Is DNA your Destiny? Who: Presented by Viktoriya Montana Where: UNLV - Educational Outreach: Paradise Campus ...
There is far more to genetics than the sequence of building blocks in the DNA molecules that make up our genes and chromosomes. The "more" is known as...
"The Genome is the hardware and the Epigenome is the software" A short (13 minute) video on Epigenes http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02.html ...
IBM-Swiss scientists to create artificial human brain by 2015 By Dick Pelletier Director Henry Markram of the IBM-Swiss Blue Brain project believes that his...
What: This month's presentation is Epigenetics: Is DNA your Destiny? Who: Presented by Viktoriya Montano Where: UNLV - Educational Outreach: Paradise Campus ...
To the future-- Eric Reversal Of Alzheimer's Symptoms Within Minutes In Human Study ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2008) — An extraordinary new scientific study, ...
Can we grow tendons with our own DNA? Can we get tendons from animals that have been geneticly modified? Maybe there is enough of a supply for the freeze dried...
The use of micro array screening of DNA has been discussed in previous meetings. I think it related to Friday nights topic in that the DNA may be activated or...
Thank You Vika Montano for giving the Las Vegas Future Salon, and our co-sponsor, the UNLV Educational Outreach, an enlightening talk on Epigenetics, Is DNA...
Gilda, Eric and Walter, A fascinating evening. Some incredible facts and studies on how environmental conditions can express (or depress?) certain genes even...
Thanks Ray. It was nice to see everyone again. Agree, the presentation was fascinating and successful (35 attendees that I counted). I also look forward to...
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Thanks Gilda. Alan Russell is a good contact for myself and colleagues. The pig intestine idea sounds interesting-re. growth factors there and those ...
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Today yeast, next year a fly, then a mouse. 10 years ? 20 years? more for humans Eric 10-fold life span extension reported in simple organism Record longevity...
Could future technologies help us avoid the grim reaper? By Dick Pelletier The 20th century was dominated by two major races: the space race and the nuclear...
Stay tuned to this same bat group same bat theme for more gene updates [#-o] [#-o] [#-o] Eric Molecular Evolution: Mice Given Bat-like Forelimbs Through Gene...
We are trying something new at the next SNAFFU (SF book club) Library Meeting. We will be showing some funny short features including "Hardware Wars" - the...
Nice if this leads to medical help for Parkinson's and other related diseses. Why not grow your own brain cells? implant them for a disese or a mirror self...
Future robots promise radical changes for humanity by 2030 By Dick Pelletier In a recent report, The World in 2030, futurologist Ray Hammond predicts that over...
Government invests $190 million to further research. http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2008/od-22.htm <http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2008/od-22.htm>...
Hi All: A lot has been made recently about the "vertical farm" plans for Las Vegas. http://www.slashfood.com/2008/01/16/vertical-farm-rises-in-las-vegas/ ...
[SFGate] Giant step toward artificial life Friday, January 25, 2008 (01-24) 12:13 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- American scientists have built from scratch a synthetic...
Sunday Jan. 27 SNAFFU, the Science Fiction book club will meet at Clark County Library (Maryland Parkway and Flamingo Ave) 2-4pm. We will be showing some...
This article shines a new light on dementia and aging. I wonder if yeast, worm, mouse, studies might help test this claim? Eric New Research Could Help...
2 microRNAs promote spread of tumor cells MiR-373 could be indicator of breast cancer metastasis (Philadelphia) – The more scientists learn about microRNAs...
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