Month: September 2022

BIOBRAIN CHIP. "The brain-on-a-chip project itself combines cellular neuroscience, tissue engineering and microfluidics. The chip aggregates cultured neurons, astrocytes, microglia and brain endothelial cells from rats on two micro-fabricated layers. A microfluidic pump was used to circulate nutrients or therapeutics across the vascular channels simulating blood flow". (Draper Labs). " " http://semimd.com/blog/2012/11/15/how-to-make-a-brain-on-a-chip/ View in LinkedIn

EVOLVING META-INTELLIGENCE. Peter H Diamandis MD, Singular University. "As we are going through the metamorphosis process of becoming this new meta-intelligence organism, we are going from evolution by natural selection—Darwinism—to evolution by intelligent direction. We are starting to direct the evolution of our biology and of our minds ourselves. Before long, this will result in our minds becoming independent from their original biological substrate—the biological human brain , this will allow us to evolve far faster and ever faster. "" " http://gf2045.com/diamandis/ View in LinkedIn

ORGANIC MULTIPLEXED COMPUTERS. In his recent book, Beyond Boundaries, Nicolelis proposes the idea of a brain net – multiple, interconnected brains that work collectively to solve problems. "We can test the emergent behaviour that would come out when many rats or monkeys exchange information via brain-to-brain interfaces. I have no doubt that human brain nets will be possible in the future, but I certainly won't see this in my lifetime."" "" " http://lnkd.in/26VmMh View in LinkedIn

CHIMERIC HUMAN-MOUSE BRAINS. Human brain cells transplanted into mice brains enhances learning in many tests. Even though the brain is immunologically privileged and will not reject non-self, this experiment is a huge surprise. That the brain cells of distant species can talk together and problem solve is not intuitive. " " http://lnkd.in/pHMQd7 10.1016/j.stem.2012.12.015 View in LinkedIn

MICE WITH PART-HUMAN BRAINS. "Weissman has already created mice with brains that are about one percent human. Later this year he may conduct another experiment where the mice have 100 percent human brains. This would be done, he said, by injecting human neurons into the brains of embryonic mice."" " http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras_2.html View in LinkedIn

MICE WITH PART-HUMAN BRAINS. "Weissman has already created mice with brains that are about one percent human. Later this year he may conduct another experiment where the mice have 100 percent human brains. This would be done, he said, by injecting human neurons into the brains of embryonic mice."" " http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_chimeras_2.html View in LinkedIn

JAPAN LIFTS CHIMERAS BAN to make human organs."Stem cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi of the University of Tokyo has been pursuing the idea of implanting human pluripotent stem cells, which can differentiate into any of the cells in the human body, into pig embryos engineered to be incapable of developing their own pancreases. If the technique works, the stem cells will develop into human pancreases in the pig fetus."" " http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=6963 View in LinkedIn

THIRD ROCK'S new (old) VC model appears to be attracting attention. VC companies traditionally were risk ventures incubating biopharma companies (before the internet craze). Third Rock has industry insiders who know the landscape and are going early stage driven by great science. Double take? http://lnkd.in/ccKmJE View in LinkedIn

FETAL CELLS can enter a mother's brain and organs and create mini-chimeras. "DNA from male cells, most likely from a fetus or sibling, are often found in the brains of women"." " http://lnkd.in/36hqbR View in LinkedIn

16 US SPACEPORTS exist today, and more are being contemplated, some federal and some private. All this only 52 years after the first human went into outer space and a mere century since the Wright Brothers' first air flight. Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic is based at Spaceport America in White Sands New Mexico, the home to 17 vertical launches since 2006. It is also home to Lockheed Martin's space venture. " " http://lnkd.in/KfQhQZ View in LinkedIn