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ModernTekNewsTelomeres, Stress, UCSF BOOST & Open Science: meet Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa EpelUCSF Professors Elizabeth Blackburn & Elissa Epel talked about how Stress affects our bodies by shortening the telomere lengths. They discussed what we can do to help reduce stress, and reverse telomere shortening; their best-selling book The Telomere Effect is a must-read about Healthy Ageing!They also discussed the UCSF BOOST study which launched in March 2021 funded to measure effectiveness of COVID-19 response in people older than 60. To find out more, visit http://ucsfboost.orgDr. Blackburn discussed her initiative to develop a new global approach for international open science - http://www.lindauguidelines.org/2021-03-1136 min
ModernTekNewsDalai Lama's Physician Talks about Pandemic with KZSU, Stanford's Radio StationDr. Barry Kerzin gave KZSU this interview from Dharmsala in April 2020 to share HH The Dalai Lama's message of using Compassion to help deal with the 2020 pandemic. Dr. Kerzin shared his advice on how to cope in these trying times and discussed some of the Compassion programs that his Altruism in Medicine Institute teaches around the world to physicians, nurses, teachers as well as the police force in Pittsburgh, PA, and other groups.2020-05-0155 min
ModernTekNewsMauna Kea World ParkHawai'i County Mayor, Harry Kim, talked to KZSU about his idea to designate Mauna Kea as a world heritage center that will encourage people to learn about Mauna Kea’s history and its unique place in the world. Mauna Kea, or White Mountain, is the tallest mountain in the world, from the ocean floor. Because of its high altitude, thin and clean air, and its isolation from urban development, the summit of Mauna Kea is an ideal place for astronomical research. Some of the world's most powerful telescopes and observatories, including the twin Keck telescopes are on Mauna Kea. 2017-09-0930 min
ModernTekNewsWill there be a Stem Cell Cure for Macular Degeneration?KZSU interviewed Stanford Professor Theodore Leng about the clinical trials that he is leading to test if stem cells can cure the dry form of Macular Degeneration, which is one of the leading causes of blindness in the U.S. These clinical trials are in their second year, and are on-going at Stanford's Byers Eye Institute.2017-07-3005 min
ModernTekNewsJoyable: Online Cognitive Therapy for Anxiety & DepressionMore than one in 8 Americans will experience clinical social anxiety in their lifetime. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that 85% of Americans with social anxiety don't get adequate help. Joyable.com is planning to change that because it has an online self-paced program that uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy techniques to help people with social anxiety.2017-07-3003 min
ModernTekNewsStanford Professor Martin Hellman Awarded Turing AwardModernTekNews interviewed Stanford Professor Emeritus Martin Hellman in 2016 about his being awarded the Turing Award by the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) for his great contribution to modern cryptography. Professor Hellman shared the Turing Award with Whitfield Diffie.2017-07-2305 min
ModernTekNewsViacyte Pioneers Stem Cell Cure for DiabetesViacyte developed VC-01 after more than 15 years of research on using stem cell technology to treat Diabetes Type 1. VC-01 is now in clinical trials in the US and Canada to test if it's stem cell therapy can help treat Diabetes Type 1. In his interview with KZSU, Dr. Laikind, Viacyte's CEO, discussed how VC-01 works, how this technology has cured diabetes in the animal model, how VC-01 might help treat patients with Type 1 Diabetes and how to find out about the clinical trials of VC-01. making VC-01 successful so far.2017-07-2204 min
ModernTekNewsTechnology Can Revolutionize Tax FilingsStanford Law Professor Josephh Bankman is one of few U.S. Tax Law experts who tried to use technology to make tax filings as easy as paying a credit card bill. In his interview, Professor Bankman explained how technology can revolutionize tax filings; he also discussed how Intuit's successful lobbying has been able to prevent this from happening for many decades.2017-07-2204 min
ModernTekNewsChina's Cultural Revolution - by Frank DikotterThe Hoover Institution hosted an event about Dr. Frank Dikotter's new book, The Cultural Revolution, A People's History 1962 - 1976, on March 31, 2016. KZSU interviewed Dr. Dikotter after the event about how he organized the book, and about the Chinese leaders who came after Mao. We also asked about Dr. Dikotter's upcoming book which will be about dictators, the image they project, the cult of personality, and how the dictators he selected in the book built up their image so that people thought that they were adored by the public.2017-07-2205 min
ModernTekNewsChomsky on Iran, Obama, Immigration & the MediaIn our 2015 interview, Professor Chomsky discussed President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, the role of the US in the Middle East and Cuba and why the US media does not report accurately on all the US policies overseas. We talked about how NAFTA hurt Mexico's economy and helped increase immigration from Mexico to the US. Professor Chomsky also discussed what we can do to help improve US policies overseas and to help decrease immigration from Latin America to the US.2017-07-2224 min
ModernTekNewsMemory Mirrors Revolutionizing RetailThe inventors of the Memory Mirrors are revolutionizing retail. KZSU interviewed Mr. Salvador Nissi Vilcovsky, founder of Memory Mirror about how his 'magic mirrors' work. The mirrors are now on the 2nd fl of Neiman Marcus at the Stanford Mall in Palo Alto.2017-07-2205 min