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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzqV-AxUgYwcouple of interesting new points which i haven't heard before.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/going-beyond-age-tobacco-insurance-underwriting-mental-nayak/ short article by our very own Deep.pushing the insurance industry aspect again.nothing significant of course,but just out of interest in the absence of any substantive news re fortacin etc.

https://twitter.com/ceovrs1/status/1592436796436099072/photo/1 just out of interest.not suggesting it is of any real significance.

morning bignose. entirely agree.very disappointing imo.

thanks 2sea.im obliged.

could you clarify where this comes from,please.thanks

evening bignose and bothwell.i think it's pity that mellon couldn't have included something about DL in the article.i know they are not presenting at the longevity conference (disappointing in itself,although i imagine the conference is really nothing more than a promotional vehicle for the oft promised,but as yet undelivered, ipo of juvenescence), and he does mention ageing clocks at the end,but surely something like "look at the amazing and innovative work of companies like DL" or something of the sort would not have been asking too much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6EXlgY7Lj0 here is the webinar for anyone interested.

https://twitter.com/versarien/status/1591010732342140928/photo/1 no idea what it is,but happy to see the word "customer". beats "demo" any day

also = algo!

some speculation(no more than that) on ADVFN that it could be lanstead selling down the remainder of its holding, with it being absorbed by also. trades. no idea if this is correct, but just putting it out there out of interest.

https://investors.aecom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/aecom-led-joint-venture-provide-program-management-support.some posters on ADVFN are suggesting that today's rise may be linked to the news of Aecom's in evolvement in the california high speed railway.i know we had collaborations with Aecom a couple of years or so ago,but whether we have any meaningful current involvement i do not know. so may be no more than a speculative link.however,interesting to note that there was news of another contract for Aecom about four days ago, so perhaps there may be something in it.

morning bignose. yes unlikely to have anything of note from fortacin, but hopefully next year will see the start of some progress. (how often have we said that! lol)

cont. i say a serious attempt,because this seems to be of a different order from the young ai app,which at least in its basic form is free (im assuming this is still the case). the senoclock is not free.there is no mention of cost on the podcast but i assume the licensing terms would depend on case load user numbers,etc. the podcast does make the point that this is highly scalable and can be used for one person up to 10s of thousands.looking at the website it seems one has to pay to rent a trial package,so hopefully not desperate to push out freebie promotionals.

they do provide a demonstration of the reports etc,which it produces and to my untrained eye it looks quite impressive. the reports contain recommendation as to areas and steps for improvement etc.deep mentioned that they were in discussions with "the government" (i think that was what he said) as to whether it could be used in public health surveys.
i don't think they mentioned actuarial and insurance companies, but i may have missed that as they are clearly areas of interest and have been referenced before.

the big question, of course, is how popular is this going to be with clinics etc. is it just a niche interest which will never gain any real commercial traction, or could (at the other end of the popularity spectrum) become a medical aide de rigeur for all those companies desperate to be able to fend off the rapacious claims of all those employees whose health has been damaged by the callous indifference of their taskmaster employers? you pays your money..... Most probably the former, but you never know!

well despite my pessimism i was able to join the podcast and i actually found it pretty interesting.it is going to be put on the website(not there yet so far as i can see)and as it's less than 30 mins long its probably worth a listen if any one is interested.i know i just seems like a an expensive sideshow to all of us who bought in to the fortacin story,but we are where we are and anything that can help the s/p, however unlikely, would be welcomed.

basically senoclock is a software application which is going to be made available to hospitals and medical centres etc (hopefully) to provide guidance as to areas of health(and in due course behaviour) where steps can be taken to slow down and ameliorate the ageing process. my impression as a layman is that this is a serious attempt to produce something of actual commercial potential.at the moment the ageing clocks which are grouped together in the senoclock app, are those dependent on blood samples,but early next year the psychological clocks will be added and shortly thereafter the epigenetic clocks.grouping the different clocks together is designed to overcome the perceived problem of there being no obvious consensus between practitioners as to which particular clocks should be preferred (my interpretation so hope not wrong).

morning bignose.yes all a bit unimpressive.i wasn't keen on juvage (for some inexplicable reason it reminded me of the frozen orange pyramid shaped ice lollies called jublies if i recall correctly).however,infinitely better imo than senoclock,with its overtones of senility (or worse a brand of laxatives).oh well, now that I've well and truly rubbished it off, i expect it will be a runaway success! (not really).will post if anything interesting from the launch.

modest increase by BGF investments.

that's right.see RNS of 24th feb.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/3116672975648/WN_wd47jAyGTOWV5hgnInqDmQ if you read the message you will see it states they have been advised to change the name before launch.not sure what that means. personalluy i think" senoclock" is an appalling name,but perhaps that is because of my age.somehow i find the prospect of someone saying "come on mr italian,why don't you sign up for our senoclock", as somewhat less than enticing! hope i'm wrong.

i do like the slogan "Calm in the Chaos".