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REALITY CHECK: AIR TRAVEL IS NEW. "Space settlement needs inexpensive, safe launch systems to deliver thousands, perhaps millions, of people into orbit. If this seems unrealistic, note that a hundred and fifty years ago nobody had ever flown in an airplane, but today nearly 500 million people fly each year." http://settlement.arc.nasa.gov/Basics/wwwwh.html View in LinkedIn

SPACE COLONIES ON THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION. "33% of Americans think humans will build long-term space colonies in the next 50 years." http://lnkd.in/dc-6nVq View in LinkedIn

SPACE COLONIZATION OPTIONS are clear, given the vast distances involved. No. 1: "Beam me up Scotty" (instant teleporting); No. 2: Deep frozen embryos and artificial womb; No. 3: Robotics instead of man; No. 4: Deep frozen sperm and eggs and artificial womb. Next? View in LinkedIn

SCIENCE FICTION and futurists have turned to the problems of extraterrestrial colonization with an eye on quiescent human embryo transport to these distant locations. Many level-headed scientists have stated that future extraterrestrial colonization by man is inevitable. You might be surprised by the number of people focused on this topic. View in LinkedIn

THE WOMB EPIGENOME.“Placenta has a completely different landscape in its methylome from other adult tissues. What the placental landscape does, and why it’s different from other tissues, is still a big mystery." http://lnkd.in/dSPZZQN View in LinkedIn

ANIMAL EMBRYO FARMS. "Globally, it was reported in 2012 that 699,586 bovine embryos were collected from superovulated cows, and 443,533 bovine embryos were produced via in vitro fertilization procedures." http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/management_and_nutrition/embryo_transfer_in_farm_animals/overview_of_embryo_transfer_in_farm_animals.html View in LinkedIn

FETAL FARMING PROHIBITION ACT, 2006. "This act is a response to the idea that, at some point in the future, a technology might be developed that involved cells or tissues being removed from fetuses and used for fetal tissue implants or stem cell therapy. This proposal is controversial and has been termed "fetal farming" and "fetal organ harvesting"." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetus_Farming_Prohibition_Act View in LinkedIn

IVF EMBRYO CULTURE. "The embryo will reach the blastocyst stage once it has been cultured in adequate conditions and with the appropriate nourishing requirements on each development stage for 5 or 6 days at the laboratory. They will be transferred into the mother’s womb at this moment." http://lnkd.in/dCktm4c View in LinkedIn

IMPLICATIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL WOMB. The intimate genetic, molecular and physiological relationship between embryo and the placenta, as well as with its microbiome, which modulates according to trimester, and the early fetal inoculation of its own microbiome from the vaginal passage and colostrum argue that an artificial womb would be extremely challenging. View in LinkedIn

ADVentura Capital gave the first 'SPARKS' award to Dr. Carlos Buesa, CEO of Orizon, for his recent pharma deal of €300 M in Barcelona. The first sparks to light the fire of Biopharma in Barcelona, to become the Boston of 1989, when the lid came off. View in LinkedIn