- DRACO, a proposed broad-spectrum antiviral consisting of a TAT-PKR-ADAF1 fusion protein, was judged unlikely to clear latent HIV but may still be effective against acute infections such as common cold, influenza, and herpes if human toxicity tests succeed.  
- 2015 was hailed as a breakthrough year for SENS-style rejuvenation: seed funding launched Oisin Biotechnology (senescent-cell ablation), Human Rejuvenation Technologies (lysosomal enzyme therapies), Science published the first total synthesis of glucosepane, and GenSight raised major capital for mitochondrial allotopic expression.  
- After regaining limited FDA approval, 23andMe now reports only ancestry, carrier-status, and low-risk traits; full health-risk data remain unavailable to new users, prompting privacy-conscious participants to delete accounts or migrate to non-U.S. sequencing services that do not retain data.  
- Participants explored DIY whole-genome sequencing via ScienceExchange.com labs, debated legal ownership of raw reads, and concluded that current terms-of-service—not copyright law—determine who controls genetic data.  
- A Circulation Research paper showing age-related decline in circulating GDF11/8 rekindled discussion of “young-blood” parabiosis therapies as a route to systemic rejuvenation.  
- Daeken released open-source code that parses SolidWorks 2015 .sldprt files, revealing they are zlib-compressed Parasolid XT data plus uncompressed metadata; sample files and reverse-engineering resources (STEPcode, NIST Parasolid-to-STEP paper) were shared to foster open CAD workflows.  
- Progress in bioengineered limbs was highlighted: decellularization-recellularization protocols now produce functional animal limbs in the lab, with links to rat-limb decellularization videos and prior Epibone work.  
- An FDA safety warning linking AbbVie’s hepatitis-C drug to severe liver injury triggered a broader conversation on pharmacovigilance in antiviral development.  
- Kanzure circulated an open-source computer-vision project that evaluates exercise form in real time, illustrating low-cost biomechanical feedback systems.  
- A proposal to undermine impact-factor gaming suggests citing paywalled papers only by unresolved DOI-like identifiers until the work becomes open, preventing hidden citations from inflating journal metrics while preserving reviewer access.