Statin Use Correlates With Higher Telomerase Activity
There has been interest in extending increasing telomerase expression as a means to slow aging for some years. The available tools other than gene therapy are sparse on the ground, however. Telomerase...
View ArticleMeasuring the Impact of Cytomegalovirus in Younger People
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the less immediately harmful members of the family of herpesviruses. It is very prevalent: most people have it in their system by the time they are old, but probably...
View ArticleComprehensive Therapy Regimen Shown to Reverse Symptoms of Early Alzheimer’s...
In a groundbreaking new clinical trial, three patients suffering from mild to moderate degenerative memory loss experienced a reversal of their misfortune as a result of a new medical...
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Seven Traits Associated with Good Health and Longevity
When we talk about what it takes to live a long life, we have a tendency to get hung up on the physical parameters associated with wellness, whether it be diet, exercise, or the myriad of other...
View ArticleThe Current State of Knowledge of Genetics and Longevity
The interaction between genes, metabolism, and natural variations in longevity is an enormously complex space. This complexity is why efforts to slow aging by altering metabolism are doomed to be a...
View ArticleSigns of Progress: Insurers Talk of Radical Life Extension
I had somehow missed this event from earlier in the year, a provocative (by mainstream standards) ad campaign mounted by a portion of the insurance industry: “The First Person To Live To 150 Is Alive...
View ArticleThe Cost of Living Longer, Even in Good Health
There are many comparatively simple genetic alterations that enable animals of various different laboratory species to live between 10% to 60% longer. These are changes to the operation of metabolism:...
View ArticleTargeting Redox Biology to Reverse Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, generating chemical fuel stores that can be used to power cellular processes. They are important in aging, and this has a lot to do with the generation of...
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