From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 04:51:20 MST
http://www.futureport.dk/news - 2003-01-30 (11 articles)
[Health]
BBC - Telephone heart sensor under test
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2706795.stm
An implanted heart monitor which can send data down a phone line is
going on trial in the US. The device will mean that patients can be
checked by their physician while they are hundreds of miles apart.
Hopefully serious problems can be spotted before they become
life-threatening, and the patient called in for treatment.
[Health]
Discovery Channel - Cloned Baby Said in Israel
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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20030127/clonebaby.html
Brigitte Boisselier, head of the cloning firm linked to the
controversial Raelian sect, told a Florida court Wednesday that "Eve" -
who she says is the first clone baby - is in Israel...
[Health]
EurekAlert - Newly discovered cellular process helps cells respond to
DNA damage
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-01/sjcr-ndc012903.php
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a
novel biochemical process that plays a critical role in helping cells in
the body respond to DNA damage, such as that caused by exposure to
radiation, environmental toxins or free radicals. The findings could
lead to new approaches to prevent cancer, better ways to treat cancer
and to the development of sensitive methods determining whether people
have been exposed to radiation or environmental toxins, according to the
researchers.
[Health]
News.com - Harnessing the Power of Programmed Cell Suicide
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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/Healthology/HO_cellsuicide_030128.html
Human genes act as the body's blueprint, with coded instructions that
tell each and every cell how to behave. But just as certain genes
determine the trajectory of a cell's life, others carry instructions
that determine its death. These suicide genes create proteins that
actually command cells to die. This natural process of cellular
hari-kari, called apoptosis, actually helps to maintain the right
balance of cellular function in the body, and suppression or
acceleration of programmed cell death can be a recipe for disaster.
[Health]
Science Blog - Minimally invasive treatment successfully destroys kidney
tumors
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http://www.scienceblog.com/community/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=862
A minimally invasive, experimental treatment is proving successful in
removing small kidney tumors from appropriate patients, report
researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). In a study in the
February 2003 issue of Radiology, the MGH team describes how a technique
called radiofrequency ablation (RFA) destroyed all renal cell carcinoma
(RCC) tumors less than 3 cm in size and some larger tumors, depending on
their location...
[Nanotech]
Newsfactor - Chip Innovators Vow To Enforce Moore's Law
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http://sci.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20599.html
Quantum computers, which use up and down atomic spin in place of binary
code zeroes and ones, may be subject to less thermal noise by losing
less energy to heat. This encouraging notion may accelerate efforts to
fabricate the first functional quantum chips.
[Technology]
BBC - The long road for hydrogen
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2705607.stm
President George Bush has set course for the hydrogen economy. In his
State of the Union speech, he announced $1.2bn in research funding to
help America "lead the world in developing clean, hydrogen-powered
automobiles". "With a new national commitment", he said, "our scientists
and engineers will overcome obstacles to taking these cars from
laboratory to showroom - so that the first car driven by a child born
today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free."
[Technology]
Bargain PDA - Sony to release biometric memory stick
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http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?newsID=1140&showComments=true
In another move to keep up with options available in the Pocket PC
market, Sony will release a biometric scanner "Puppy" in a memory stick
form factor in February...
[Transhumanism]
Betterhumans - Transcending Humanism
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http://www.betterhumans.com/Features/Columns/Forward_Thinking/column.aspx?articleID=2003-01-26-4
I didn't raise my hand. I didn't answer, "Me." But after hearing the
question, I knew it was time to go. "Who wants to live forever if we'd
have to live in machines?" asked a leader of the Humanist organization I
joined a few years back, addressing the topic of life extension. At the
time, I was just getting seriously interested in Transhumanism. And,
coincidentally, I had just read Hans Moravec's Mind Children: The Future
of Robot and Human Intelligence, which outlines methods for uploading a
human mind into a computer, as well as why such a seemingly radical
activity could be desirable.
[Transhumanity]
Nature - DNA repair: DNA damage limitation
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http://www.nature.com/nature/links/030130/030130-5.html
ATM, the gene mutated in the hereditary disease ataxia-telangiectasia,
codes for a protein kinase that acts as a master regulator of cellular
responses to DNA double-strand breaks. ATM is normally inactive and the
question of how it is activated in the event of DNA damage (due to
ionizing radiation for instance) is central to understanding its function...
[Transhumanity]
Space Daily - Nanodevice Breaks 1-GHz Barrier
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http://www.spacedaily.com/news/nanotech-03e.html
Nanoscientists have achieved a milestone in their burgeoning field by
creating a device that vibrates a billion times per second, or at one
gigahertz (1 GHz). The accomplishment further increases the likelihood
that tiny mechanical devices working at the quantum level can someday
supplement electronic devices for new products.
Made in corporation with Transhumanity at:
http://transhumanism.com/news.shtml
-- hilsen/regards Max M Rasmussen, Denmark http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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