Category: Biotechnology/Medical

We have amazing technology capable of organizing data, predicting behavior and reasoning. I think the potential applications of this behavior will inevitably change how humans interact with the world.

With around seven billion people on the planet, there’s at least 99% chance that another human being is better than you and I at almost every physical, or intellectual task.

It’s logical then that humans should allow those with the best reasoning skills to solve the world’s most challenging problems.

Instead of spending hours and guesstimating an optimal outcome, I think humans should immediately insist on applying artificial intelligence to make optimal decisions.

Especially since some problems involve multiple levels of reasoning, and combining many data sets, I think it’s essential to apply artificial intelligence technology like IBM Watson to solve the world’s biggest problems.

Artificial intelligence can help humans speed up the pace of innovation and come up with more optimized outcomes.

Some sample applications include the following:

• Weather Management: Deciding objectively with global warming or global cooling is taking place. Learning which factors are contributing the most to global cooling/warming and ensuring the world stays balanced
• Energy: Solving energy problems by having a computer figure out the best way to optimize and integrate renewable energy resources
• Biotechnology/Health Care: Helping humans stay healthier
• Food and water management/nutrition: Deciding on the best ways to keep people healthy and manage food and water supplies.

http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(14)00062-X

“We studied simple organisms, mice, and humans and provide convincing evidence that a high-protein diet — particularly if the proteins are derived from animals — is nearly as bad as smoking for your health,” said the Dr. Valter Longo, Professor of Gerontology/Alzheimer’s Research/Cancer Research, Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California, who is the senior author of one of the papers.

I’m going to begin compiling data related to promising solutions for longevity such as the following:

Cancer drug makes fruit flies live longer: “Female fruit flies were given trametinib as an additive in their food. A small dose of 1.56 µM, which is approximately equivalent to a daily dose of the drug in a human cancer patients, increased the fruit flies’ average life expectancy by 8%. With a higher dose of 15.6 µM, the flies lived 12% longer on average. – ” See more at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0615/250615-fruit-flies-live-longer#sthash.slJV7oXM.dpuf

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150526085138.htm

Source: University of Tsukuba

“These findings reveal that, contrary to the mitochondrial theory of aging, epigenetic regulation controls age-associated respiration defects in human fibroblast cell lines. Can epigenetic regulation also control aging in humans? That theory remains to be tested, and if proven, could result in glycine supplements giving our older population a new lease of life.”

“Epigenetic regulation refers to changes, such as the addition of chemical structures or proteins, which alter the physical structure of the DNA, resulting in genes turning on or off.”

I am a layperson in the field of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and stem cell research but I think the applications that the company Life Technologies produces are extremely interesting. It’s like I’ve stumbled across a whole new, excited world. I’m going to be digging deep into their applications and potentially attending their 24 Hours on Stem Cells event to learn about their products.

The range of their applications is quite exciting.

I think this blog should be about new discoveries, and increasing knowledge.