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What area of regenerative medicine will be most impactful?

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#1 Futuredoc

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Posted 18 January 2017 - 10:49 PM


I just finished "Ending Aging" and am even more convinced than I have been that I want to devote my career to regenerative medicine and ending aging.  I'm currently in medical school to become a physician, but should be able to get involved with research as well.

 

What technology do you think will be able to impact the most areas in the future?  Dr. De Grey listed 7 categories.  I'm wondering which one of them would have the largest impact.  For example, stem cells could help brain disorders and muscle disorders.  Eliminating advanced glycation products would help with diabetes, blood pressure, and general wellness. I

 

initially, my main interest is to have people looking good, feeling good, and remaining independent as they age; while we figure out how to eliminate the other issues down the road.  People in their 30 and 40s already start to decline in terms of muscle and strength.  I'd like to be able to help these people remain at their peak and get older people back to theirs as well.

 

I'm thinking stem cells or removing senescent cells could be the way to go for improving muscle mass and strength.  Which one do you think would be best? And which would have the most impact on health overall?  Or is the answer something else completely.

 

Sorry to be so wordy.  Been reading all day and the brain is starting to get fried.  Lol


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#2 Danail Bulgaria

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Posted 19 January 2017 - 06:21 AM

The stem cells. This is the most perspective regenerative medicine. 

If you want take a look at my topic here: 

http://www.longecity...used-on-people/

If you know of some stem cells that are used on people, you may post it. 



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Posted 28 February 2017 - 08:55 AM

Futuredoc - so glad that you have decided on that route and I wish you all the luck in the world. Just think...you could literally save our lives! :-D



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Posted 28 February 2017 - 07:41 PM

Futuredoc - so glad that you have decided on that route and I wish you all the luck in the world. Just think...you could literally save our lives! :-D

 

That's the goal!  Or at least extend it for a few decades.

 

I'm still a little hung up on what path I want to dive down.  I've been working on getting into some research labs here at school, but the researchers aren't doing a good job emailing back.  I might have to just show up at their door sooner or later.

 

In the meantime, I've learned a bit more about big data.  I'm wondering if this is the path to go.  The reason I'm thinking this was based on the research on "Young Blood,"  where they may (or may not) have found that a protein in young blood regenerates old animals.  They also found that old blood could harm young animals.  They have a few hints regarding what protein could be the culprit, but they don't know which. 

 

If the proteasomes of people/animals at various stages can be charted the data can be crunched to determine which ones are the likely causes.  This can be true for metabolites, genes, and other compounds as well.

 

I wonder if becoming skilled in data science/ machine learning would provide the ability to answer many research questions based on everyone else's work, instead of being tied to one topic.







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