Face lift in a blue bottle
While there are lots of products out there promising less wrinkles and younger-looking skin, not all of them deliver. However, I was pretty impressed by the results of a new skin serum that actually Continue Reading
SPARKLY WHITES whiten your teeth naturally
A picture-perfect smile is your Facebook posting’s best accessory, so when it comes to iPhone pics this holiday season, your pearly whites had better be dazzling! Dentisse Natural Reflection Continue Reading
SKINNY BAR the tasty weight to lose weight
Karl Lagerfeld's famous diet involved eating horse meat, tomatoes and Diet Coke. The designer lost 90lb by concocting crazy recipes including tuna and blackberry mousse, and calf's liver with Continue Reading
Cynthia Kenyon at TEDGlobal Earlier this Year
I had been meaning to point out video of Cynthia Kenyon's TEDGlobal presentation recorded earlier this year and posted online last month: Kenyon, as you might know, leads the Kenyon Lab at UCSF, Continue Reading
More Arguments for Programmed Aging
A viewpoint from Vladimir Skulachev, whose research group works on mitochondrially targeted antioxidant compounds: "'It is recognized that in exceptional circumstances the possibility exists for Continue Reading
Commentary on Rapamycin
A commentary on recent research into the effects of rapamycin on longevity: "Aging is a complex process associated with accumulation of damage, loss of function and increased vulnerability to Continue Reading
SENS Foundation Academic Initiative Awarding Grants in 2012
In addition to funding and coordinating research into rejuvenation biotechnology, the SENS Foundation runs an Academic Initiative program that aims to pull more people into the field at an early Continue Reading
Restoring Synaptic Plasticity in Old Rats
In the next few years were going to see a lot of technology demonstrations in which one very narrow biochemical aspect of aging is reversed in laboratory animals - these are the first few pebbles in Continue Reading
A Promising Discovery For Lung Regeneration
Via MedicalXPress: "researchers forward a theory for the first time based on research evidence that new air sacs, called alveoli, are constantly being formed. This contradicts information in most Continue Reading
Granulocyte Infusion Therapy Spreading into Clinics Beyond the US
You may recall the very promising form of cancer immune therapy pioneered by Zheng Cui that involves transplanting granulocytes from suitable donors - it performed very well indeed in mice, superbly Continue Reading
Considering the Odds of Cancer
To what degree can you swing the odds of suffering cancer in your favor? A fair amount, if this article is to be taken at face value, as much or more as other common age-related conditions: "Nearly Continue Reading
Reproductive Cells and Somatic Cells Aging on Different Clocks
Via EurekAlert!: "Reproductive and somatic aging use different molecular mechanisms that show little overlap between the types of genes required to keep oocytes healthy and the genes that generally Continue Reading
Fitness and Fatness and Longevity
There is a great deal of denial floating around when it comes to the excess weight carried by a majority of the people fortunate enough to live in wealthier parts of the world - even more denial than Continue Reading
Sweet Dreams: How to lose weight while you sleep
According to the National Sleep Foundation, 63 % of Americans don’t get the recommended eight hours of sleep a night. Not good. As well as screwing up your work day, being tired can lead to Continue Reading
Cautionary Data on IGF-1 Involvement in Longevity in Mammals
Metabolism is complex - very, very complex. In areas that have been well studied for more than a decade, researchers are still pushing back and forth on whether well known genes and pathways are Continue Reading
The Fossil Record and the History of Being Old
From In Search of Enlightenment: "Looking back over our species' history, as told in fossil records, what do we find? ... Prehistoric human remains have never revealed individuals older than about 50 Continue Reading
Another Rapamycin Lifespan Study
Here is another study showing that rapamycin can extend life in mammals: "The nutrient-sensing TOR (target of rapamycin) pathway is involved in cellular and organismal aging. Rapamycin, an inhibitor Continue Reading
A Brace of Stem Cell Research News
The field of stem cell research is busy indeed, as is the application of new knowledge in regenerative medicine. More and more news that would have been noteworthy five years ago just slips past with Continue Reading
Ongoing Careful Analysis of Mitochondria and Longevity
Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, the evolved remnants of what were originally symbiotic bacteria, and which still possess their own fragile DNA distinct from that in the cell nucleus. Continue Reading
The State of DNA Sequencing
As a follow up to an earlier post on why DNA sequencing is of interest to those of us who follow longevity science, here is a look at the present state of the sequencing industry: "BGI, based in Continue Reading
