Behruz Davletov

" Once you’ve done the reading, you’ll have to start thinking about how, or whether, you want to specialize. Adam notes this explicitly in his piece: specialization matters. I tend to agree. However, what you decide to specialize in is less straightforward. Because this field is ever-changing, the opportunities for specialization are also changing,... See more

"the nine hallmarks described in this Review: genomic instability, telomere attrition, epigenetic alterations, loss of proteostasis, deregulated nutrient sensing, mitochondrial dysfunction, cellular senescence, stem cell exhaustion, and altered intercellular communication"

The move from an Internet of networks to an Internet of platforms represents a significant shift: from a hybrid, decentralized environment where freedom seemed the norm, to a centralized space where the default is privatized enclosure. Still, 1990s and current understandings of digital freedom, power, and law are pervaded by similar market-liberal... See more

" Describing Earth as a tiny dot in a photo from space, Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan wrote: The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena...

"Here, we have attempted to identify and categorize the cellular and molecular hallmarks of aging. We propose nine candidate hallmarks that are generally considered to contribute to the aging process and together determine the aging phenotype."

"The evolution of our work is also driven by the accelerating trend of decentralization and disintermediation, which could potentially make precautionary regulation too costly to undertake. When governments want to control information, they invariably head for the choke points, like payment processors or ISP-run DNS servers. This fact has created a... See more