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Xandar Kardian raises $10M to empower digital automation of building control and contactless measurement of vital biomarkers.

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De Grey, chief science officer at the SENS Research Foundation, once said humans could live into their thousands. He denies allegations of predatory behavior.

The SENS Research Foundation placed de Grey, who denied the allegations, on leave pending the results of an investigation.

Cake Raises $3.7M to in Funding Cake, a Boston, MA-based online platform for end-of-life planning and navigating mortality, raised $3.7m in funding. Backers included new investors AARP, InHealth Ventures (IHV), Two Lanterns, Portfolia’s Aging and Longevity Fund, Scrum Ventures, Reflect Ventures, and existing investors GoAhead Ventures, Pillar, and OCA Ventures, as well as angel investors Arnold Whitman, Bill Hambrecht, and Betsy Hambrecht. The company intends to use the funds to continue...

As the months went on, the Covid pandemic took hold. Former President Donald Trumps xenophobic rhetoric about what he dubbed the "China virus" spread. Lee was worried about what would happen to the neighborhood and small businesses that were so much a part of her life. "I cant lose this community that means so much to me that has helped to shape me as an Asian-American female," Lee recalls feeling. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in th...

A natural killer cell NIAID Scientists have started to test whether natural killer, or NK, cells can be trained to go after hard-to-cure blood cancers in human patients. But making these sentinels of the innate immune system a potential boon to human health spans might be simpler: Rather than needing to be genetically engineered or primed with synthetic antibodies, they just need to be turned on. In mice, researchers reported on Monday in the journal Med, activating NKT cells c...

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Photo by Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Next Friday, February 12th, begins the Year of the Ox, an animal whose attributes are hardworking and honest. The Lunar New Year is a 16-day celebration, often marked by lantern festivals, parades, and fireworks. But since we aren’t able to enjoy a lot of these gatherings this year, we’ve rounded up some of the best safe celebratory events in New York City, including virtual dumpling-making classes, papercutting workshops, a small business crawl in Chin...

Photo by Mischelle Moy Abrons Arts Center, Wing on Wo’s the W.O.W. Project, and Welcome to Chinatown come together to celebrate the Year of the Metal Ox with the launch of the first edition of  From Chinatown, With Love , a special Lunar New Year photo calendar. Designed by photographer Mischelle Moy, the 12-month photo calendar features products from 18 Chinatown businesses that evoke celebration of the new year and explore the deep meaning Manhattan’s Chinatown holds for so many in...