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Sophoto has tapped into the antioxidant-laden, pore perfecting power of organic phytotherapy (the study of the use of extracts from natural origin as medicines or health-promoting agents) for their new all inclusive line. Finally, there… Source:http://wwww.examiner.com/RSS-3174-Longevity-Examiner
Read the Rest...EYE SILK
Sun exposure, cigarette smoke, and stress can all deplete the skin of its elastin – and its resiliency. Tapping into the same repair and protect technology featured in Dermatology Times, relastin has created EYE SILK, an age-fighting elastin… Source:http://wwww.examiner.com/RSS-3174-Longevity-Examiner
Read the Rest...Some Cells Last as Long as We Do – and Perhaps So Do Some of the Proteins Within Those Cells
It is not unreasonable to regard a cell as a machine that is constantly rebuilding itself – organelles and protein machinery are constantly torn down and replaced. It is also not unreasonable to regard tissue as a collection of cells that is constantly rebuilding itself: cells destroy themselves or are destroyed by watchdog systems, and [...]
Read the Rest...Rapid Repair of Severed Nerves Demonstrated in Rats
An advance in the methodologies of nerve repair: “scientists believe a new procedure to repair severed nerves could result in patients recovering in days or weeks, rather than months or years. The team used a cellular mechanism similar to that used by many invertebrates to repair damage to nerve axons. … We have developed a [...]
Read the Rest...A Study of DNA Alterations in the Old
To what degree does nuclear DNA damage contribute to aging? That remains a debated question. Here, researchers show that, at least in immune cells, there are perhaps more forms of large DNA damage than thought in the old: “researchers compared the DNA of identical (monozygotic) twins of different age. They could show that structural modifications [...]
Read the Rest...SENS5 Video: Immunotherapy to Clear Tau Protein
Immunotherapy is a very broad and active field: there are a great many strategies presently under development, and in various stages of maturity. All aim at making the immune system do the heavy lifting of finding and destroying specific unwanted cells, cellular machinery, and other biochemicals in the body. This is actually the immune system’s [...]
Read the Rest...Considering the Role of Metals in Neurodegeneration
From the Wall Street Journal, a good example of the way in which much of present day research gravitates towards applications that patch over end-stage consequences of disease rather than addressing root causes and prevention: “Research into how iron, copper, zinc and other metals work in the brain may help unlock some of the secrets [...]
Read the Rest...Investigating Sodium Channels in the Aging Brain
Researches find another way in which the brain declines with age: “New findings [reveal] a novel mechanism through which the brain may become more reluctant to function as we grow older. … researchers examined the brain’s electrical activity by making recordings of electrical signals in single cells of the hippocampus, a structure with a crucial [...]
Read the Rest...Intern at the SENS Foundation this Summer
Are you presently working on a life science or medical degree? Are you interested in advancing aging and longevity science – research that aims to extend the healthy human life span and reverse the causes of age-related disease? Do you want to intern this summer at the SENS Foundation, one of the most important young [...]
Read the Rest...Age Changes the Extracellular Matrix
The extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounds and supports cells, both structurally and in a range of other ways, such as by mediating cell signalling. With age, however, the ECM changes for a variety of reasons – it is damaged by the actions of senescent cells, for example. This has consequences, such as on the capacity of [...]
Read the Rest...Understanding the Mechanisms of Autophagy
Autophagy is very important to long term health, and shows up again and again as a pivotal part of the way in which various genetic manipulations and lifestyle choices can improve health and extend life. Here is a good article that delves into the mechanisms of autophagy and the present limits of scientific understanding: “Cells [...]
Read the Rest...Heterochromatin Levels in Flies Can Raise and Lower Lifespan
Heterochromatin is the name given to the more tightly packaged structural forms of DNA and proteins found in the cell nucleus. It has been shown to be involved in cellular senescence, and is a part of the way in which genes are turned on or off, but like most things in the nucleus it is [...]
Read the Rest...Dental disease as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease
BackgroundSome years ago, the Finnish government sponsored a comprehensive study of the health risks of the Finnish people. They measured the rates of all kinds of diseases and did statistical correlations to see if there were any correlations. In an article published in British Medical Journal (BMJ), 1989 Mar 25;298(6676):779-81 showed that there was an [...]
Read the Rest...Secrecy surrounding genetically engineered grapes field tests can have serious repercussions
UC Davis and Cornell University have the approval for testing genetically engineered grapes in California. In this case no application or environmental assessments were undertaken for the permits and there were just notifications given by the institutes. As far as the field tests are concerned there seems to be a veil of secrecy surrounding them [...]
Read the Rest...Smartgels can avoid surgery for chronic lower back pain patients
University of Manchester scientists have figured out that injections of sponge-like particles could help in avoiding surgery required in case of chronic lower back pain. The researchers have developed tiny gel particles which when injected into the damaged area tend to swell and stiffen. It has been discovered that degenerated animal intervertebral discs having these [...]
Read the Rest...Notorious cancer gene may be responsible for tumor growth
A recent study has confirmed that a notorious cancer gene may be the reason for growth of tumor. Research involved the study of a protein called PMR1 which is a major player in the unusual mechanism that cells use for restraining the production of important proteins. Daniel R. Schoenberg, Professor, molecular and cellular biochemistry stated: [...]
Read the Rest...Preserve meats the ‘green way’ using green tea and some wildflower dark honey
Now you can avoid those chemical preservatives used to reduce pathogenic bacteria in meats. Go the ‘green’ way inspite. Extracts from green tea or Jasmine tea do all the magic taking the help of some wildflower dark honey. This scientific non-chemical, organic mixture can reduced Listeria monocytogenes in a turkey breast slice by 10 to [...]
Read the Rest...Bdelloid rotifers evolving over the past forty million years without sex
We were up till now aware of the fact that sexual reproduction was the only means of bringing life into this world but a group of microscopic organisms seems to have broken this fact. A recent study has found out that since the past forty million years Bdelloid rotifers were evolving without sex. These aquatic [...]
Read the Rest...Soluble Omega-3 fats for cosmetics developed by Zymes
A water soluble omega 3 fatty acid has been developed by Zymes using nanotechnology for cosmetic applications. Since Omega 3 has got a dense composition of oil therefore at times it becomes difficult for formulating it with other ingredients. Here nanotechnology comes into picture as it offers increased solubility along with bioavailability and particle size [...]
Read the Rest...Ruckus over FDA’s approval to food from cloned animals
The Food and Drug Administration is facing criticism over its recent preliminary approval to food from cloned animals as a consumer group has charged the agency for using flawed analysis. According to the Center for Food Safety, the FDA could not find studies on milk or meat from clones and whether they’re safe and the [...]
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