DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Edward Kane, Journalist

DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF

By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane

LET A PILL DO THE EXERCISE FOR YOU

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Called ExPlas, it involves the blood plasma of young adults who exercise regularly. Here's what we know:
A Norwegian scientific team is injecting blood plasma from healthy, young, exercising adults into people aged 50 to 75 years old with early-stage Alzheimer's Disease
Their hope is not to just help non-exercising young people but also the elderly and those with disabilities
A survey of 100 countries found that 33% of people don't exercise
An exercise pill or injection could replicate the beneficial results of exercise
Exercise is known to release beneficial hormones
The key to the pill or injection is what hormones should comprise it
By injecting the blood plasma of healthy, young exercisers, the Norwegian team is transferring all of the beneficial hormones
Many experts believe that this group of Norwegian scientists are bringing us close to an effective exercise pill.

JEFF BEZOS' ALL-FEMALE SPACE MISSION

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In a world first, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos is fielding an all-female space flight crew in early 2024 with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez leading the space mission. Here's what we know:
This is the first space mission comprised entirely of women
Bezos fiancée Laurn Sanchez is a journalist, former LA news anchor and a licensed helicopter pilot
Sanchez will lead the space flight set for early 2024
5 other women will join her
The Blue Origin space capsule they will travel in to the edges of space is autonomous and reusable
Blue Origin was founded by Bezos to pioneer an era of commercialized space travel, including by space "tourists"
Bezos was aboard the first crewed Blue Origin mission to the edges of space on July 20, 2021
Sanchez has no experience as an astronaut but will be fully trained for the upcoming mission
She is the founder of Black Ops Aviation, a female-owned aerial film and production company
NASA, as part of its Artemis mission to the Moon in 2025, will also have female astronauts on board.

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