The core of our strength lies in the so called mitochondria. The mitochondria are the body’s power plant providing energy to trillions of cells in our body. However, the energy released do gradually decrease as aging-diseases hits us year-by-year. In a recent study, it was shown that mitochondrial dysfunction is the main reason for a [...]
Continue reading...26. February 2012
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Professor Stephen Simpson has been appointed head of University of Sydney’s new multidisciplinary center emphasizing on addressing diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. He is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow in the field of School of Biological Sciences, as well as currently the scientific advisor to the Australian center of obesity. According to Vice-Chancellor of [...]
Continue reading...25. February 2012
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Two known method to increase the lifespan of various organisms is either calorie restriction or to alter hormone insulin. Research has shown that decreasing activity related to the insulin-signal pathway have a positive impact on increase longevity. Altering the insulin signal pathway triggers multiple biological processes such as stress response, metabolism and development. Recently, a [...]
Continue reading...21. February 2012
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Maybe it is time to start biking, as nowadays, childhood obesity is becoming a rising epidemic, which is even expected to negatively affect future life expectancy. In U.S almost 30 percent of the children are obese or overweight with disease such as diabetes and high risk of heart diseases. According to Michelle Obama’s organization, the [...]
Continue reading...20. February 2012
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Aubrey De Grey who is a Cambridge, U.K, Biomedical Gerontologist and the chief science officer of SENS foundation (Charity based Institute aiming at finding a cure to combat aging) and Jay Olshansky, who is a professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago. I would suggest you to follow the interesting chat conversion, of pioneers such [...]
Continue reading...19. February 2012
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From the Australasian Research Institute, a study at Sydney Adventist Hospital is revealing that people start to experience major signs of aging after the age of 50 years. Apparently, half-centenarians are in a typical phase where the body’s ability to heal itself from accumulative damage, generated by poor heating habits, lack of exercise and stress, [...]
Continue reading...18. February 2012
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Young adults who are slowly adding years to their chronological age are certainly wondering why some people look younger while others older, despite being the same age. If you look back some 20 or even 30 years, you will be surprised to see that some of the people you had known in your graduation years [...]
Continue reading...16. February 2012
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If we go back 162 years, to year 1850, human lifespan was only 43 years but now in 2012, average lifespan is 80 years. The question is how old can humans really become? A book entitled “100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith,” [...]
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Earlier studies have concluded that resveratrol (red wine) consumed with vegetable products tended to increase longevity. It also lowered the risk of metabolic diseases associated to age. A new study, involving mice suggest that scientists’ over-emphasis on resveratrol as being the only source providing the longevity benefit. A belief that might be wrong. It is [...]
Continue reading...13. February 2012
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Related Article: Is Longevity Research Ethical? Yes it Is Seeking volunteers in good health for participating in clinical experiments of treatments that have been designed to fundamentally increase man’s life span. The treatments that are being experimented can change your brain as well as your body at the levels of your cells. We might be [...]
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27. February 2012
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