How to Live to 100 – Health
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The Big Chill: Winter Skincare
Seeing dry patches on your skin? Does your skin feel blotchy and unsightly? Are you waking up looking older than you feel? If you have answered yes to some of the above you are suffering from Continue Reading
An Online Chat With Aubrey de Grey and S. Jay Olshansky
Science recently hosted a live chat event with researchers Aubrey de Grey and S. Jay Olshansky, public figures who have debated their views on longevity science a number of times over the last seven Continue Reading
Falling Heart Disease Rates
From the Independent: "It is one of medicine's mysteries: what has caused Britain's plummeting rate of heart disease over the last decade? Deaths from heart attacks have halved since 2002 and no one Continue Reading
On Growth Hormone and "Smaller is Better"
Here is an open access PDF format mini-review on what is known of growth hormone and aging - that less of it is generally better: "A recent report of virtually complete protection from diabetes and Continue Reading
A Culture of Controlling, Malicious Timidity
The course of our future lives, our health and longevity, is swayed by a population of timid mice - but malicious mice, ever ready to use state force to punish and hold back anyone they see as being Continue Reading
Creating Smooth Muscle Cells from Skin Cells
Here is another example of work on creating patient-specific cells to order, one of the necessary building block technologies needed for an industry that constructs organs and other larger masses of Continue Reading
Creating Alzheimer’s Neurons from Stem Cells
The principle use of stem cells in the near future is actually research, not therapy - generating diseased cells to order will lower the cost of better understanding the mechanisms of disease and Continue Reading
2012 Buck Symposium, March 1st at the Buck Institute
This year's Buck Symposium, an event hosted by the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, will be held on March 1st. The Institute is very much a part of the mainstream of biogerontology, wherein Continue Reading
Early Trials of Embryonic Stem Cells to Treat Degenerative Blindness
From the New York Times: "A treatment for eye diseases that is derived from human embryonic stem cells might have improved the vision of two patients. The report, published online in the medical Continue Reading
On Stem Cells and Their Aging and Potential Rejuvenation
An interview with a researcher: "Advances in the study of stem cells have fueled hopes that someday, via regenerative medicine, doctors could restore aging people's hearts, livers, brains and other Continue Reading
Testing Autophagy as a Mechanism of Longevity for Exercise
Exercise extends healthy life in laboratory animals, but not maximum life span as is the case for calorie restriction. In longer lived species such as our own, that difference may be slight: present Continue Reading
Kansas City Math Tutor
Kansas City Math Tutor My name is Zachary. My interest in tutoring started when I was a middle school student myself, helping a few classmates study for tests or cram for the state-required Continue Reading
Studio City Science Tutor (90045)
Studio City Science Tutor Hello All! I've passed CBEST (the test teachers take to get licensed in California), CSET General Science subject tests, and also the CSET Biology and Chemistry Continue Reading
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 23rd 2012
FIGHT AGING! NEWSLETTER January 23rd 2012 The Fight Aging! Newsletter is a weekly email containing news, opinions, and happenings for people interested in aging science and engineered longevity: Continue Reading
A Counterpoint to the Concept of the Late Life Mortality Plateau
Last week I posted on what seems to be the strikingly different nature of aging at very advanced ages. For example, there is what is known as the mortality plateau in very late life, a period in Continue Reading
Genetic Signatures of Exceptional Longevity in Humans
A bold set of claims from this group working on the genetics of natural variation in longevity for humans: "Like most complex phenotypes, exceptional longevity is thought to reflect a combined Continue Reading
The Impact of Medical Progress on Macular Degeneration
An example of the world moving forward, even though the really flashy biotechnology is still in the laboratory rather than the clinic: "Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent Continue Reading
A Modest Sample of the Flood of Longevity-Related Genes
There are a lot of genes wherein alterations correlate with longevity - either mutations, removal of the gene, or epigenetic variations. Some of these are similar between many species, some Continue Reading
On the Impact of AGEs in the Diet
Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are implicated in aging - one of the forms of chemical gunk that accumulates in the body over time, harming the operation of intricate biomolecular machinery Continue Reading
