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老化に打ち勝つためのシンプルな3つのルール──特集「THE WORLD IN 2025」

Dec 17, 2024 | wired.jp | Venki Ramakrishnan

世界中のビジョナリーや起業家、ビッグシンカーがキーワードを掲げ、2025年の最重要パラダイムを読み解く恒例の総力特集「THE WORLD IN 2025」。構造生物学者のヴェンキ・ラマクリシュナンは、年を重ねても健康であり続けるために、生物学と医学の進歩がもたらした知見を活かそうと呼びかける。人間は、自分がいずれ死ぬことを意識する唯一の生き物かもしれない。だからこそ、その避けられない結末をいかに先延ばしにするか、それが無理ならいかにして人生を最大限いいものにするかに執着する。それでも、種としての誕生以来ずっと、人間が老化や死についてできることはほとんどなかった。実際、歴史の大半において、ほとんどの人間は老化さえし始める前に死んでいたのだ。ここ数十年でようやく、分子生物学や細胞生物学の研究が進み、老化の原因に対して理解が深まってきた。ついに、老化そのものに対抗できる可能性が出てきたのだ。...
3 Simple Rules to Beat the Downsides of Aging

Nov 26, 2024 | technewstube.com | Venki Ramakrishnan

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3 Simple Rules to Beat the Downsides of Aging

Nov 26, 2024 | wired.com | Venki Ramakrishnan

We humans may be the only species that is aware of our mortality. We are obsessed with how to postpone the inevitable and, failing that, how to make the most of our lives. For much of our existence as a species, there was little we could do about either aging or death. In fact, for most of history, most of us died long before we actually aged.
3 Simple Rules to Beat the Downsides of Aging

Nov 26, 2024 | flipboard.com | Venki Ramakrishnan

2 hours agoTech giants such as Google and Meta need something more than compelling chatbots to win. For almost two years now, the world’s biggest tech companies have been at war over generative AI. Meta may be known for social media, Google for search, and Amazon for online shopping, but since the release of …
Why do we die? A Nobel Prize-winning biologist explains

Oct 14, 2024 | nzherald.co.nz | Venki Ramakrishnan

Indian-born, American-British structural biologist Venki Ramakrishnan explains the ageing process and the new technologies that might help us slow it down. Photo / Getty ImagesVenki Ramakrishnan explains the ageing process and the new technologies that might help us slow it down. Ageing is a big existential question and, as far as we know, we’re the only species aware of our mortality. For most of our existence, there’s not been much we could do about it.
How can we live longer? A Nobel Prize-winning biologist explains

Oct 8, 2024 | telegraph.co.uk | Venki Ramakrishnan

Ramakrishnan is a molecular biologist and former president of the Royal Society who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 Getty Ageing is a big existential question and, as far as we know, we’re the only species aware of our mortality. For most of our existence, there’s not been much that we could do about it. But biology has made tremendous steps forward in the last few decades in understanding the processes behind ageing and, ultimately, how we die. We now know that ageing is an...
Popular Books of the Last Month

Sep 1, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Joseph O'Connor |Tom Chivers |David Macaulay |Venki Ramakrishnan

HISTORICAL FICTION âItâs certainly a thriller. Itâs tense, tense, tense. But the big thing in this novel is not just the tension, itâs the voices.
Grim Reaper dissected

Jul 4, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Venki Ramakrishnan

The book has few surprises.
'Why We Die' book review: Solace to the temporality of the animate

Jun 15, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Venki Ramakrishnan |Nandita Bose

There is something uncouth, almost delicately unspeakable, about death. It is best left out of art, plans, social interactions, and especially, books. Yet, nothing is as inevitable. Most of us won’t prep for it, and we most certainly do not, even for a moment, ponder upon the science of death. Yet, as the author of Why We Die points out, we witness death and educate ourselves on the slow unravelling and decay of many systems, including those of civilisations, cities, organisations and organisms.
Briefs/ Innder in Deutschland: A Growing Trend?/ Indian Elections: Largest, Not Longest/ Book Matters.

May 1, 2024 | khabar.com | Venki Ramakrishnan

Home > Magazine > Desi World > Briefs/ Innder in Deutschland: A Growing Trend?/ Indian Elections: Largest, Not Longest/ Book Matters. Compiled/ Written by Murali Kamma WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, & WHY Gopichand Thotakura of Atlanta is heading into space! He has a bachelor’s degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, but the upcoming Blue Origin spaceflight has nothing to do with his profession. It’s a passion, and he’ll be traveling as a space tourist.