Biographies: Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. As a science fiction author, Benford is perhaps best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life.
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Genescient: the world’s first company founded on the use of artificial biological selection.
Our laboratory animals live for 5 times the normal lifespan. They have health and vigor. We use their genetic properties to find what works similarly in humans.
Genescient applies 21st century genomic technology to identify, screen and develop benign therapeutic substances to defeat the diseases of aging. Genescient's singular approach addresses the complex genomic networks that underlie aging and aging-associated diseases such as cardiovascular disease, Type II diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. We will have nutrigenomic products, fully lab tested, by end of 2009.
We're using our unique insights into ancient aging processes, common to almost all animals, to produce fresh, scientifically supported product and service lines:
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- Genome-Wide Association Studies screening and enrichment, to identify genomic biomarkers of
aging-associated diseases.
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