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Could Adult Stem Cells Mean No More Aging?

18. February 2011

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Could Adult Stem Cells Mean No More Aging?

There is much controversy surrounding the use of stem cells for various therapeutic procedures however, perhaps the answer is utilizing adult stem cells rather than the stormy embryonic stem cells. Adult stem cells are quite possibly the future of medicine and in particular they may have a huge role to play in the anti aging [...]

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Increasing Longevity By Disabling Engines of Mitochondria

9. January 2011

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Increasing Longevity By Disabling Engines of Mitochondria

A research from, Salk Institute for biological Studies demonstrated that if tiny cellular factories of the mitochondria were slowed, people would be able live longer. The full study was published in January’s 2011 issue of the Journal Cell. The experiment was conducted on a roundworm of the species of Ceanorhabditis elegans. Andrew Dillin and his [...]

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A New Way to Stop Oxidative Damage To essential acids Has Been Developed by UCLA Biochemists

23. December 2010

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A New Way to Stop Oxidative Damage To essential acids Has Been Developed by UCLA Biochemists

A new way to prevent oxidative damage to cells has been discovered by UCLA biochemists. Avoiding oxidation in essential acids of cell membranes can help in the development of more effective nutritional supplements. It can even promote medicine that can prevent neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are fundamental essential nutrients [...]

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Stem Cells’ from the Bone Marrow Used For Bladder Regeneration

16. December 2010

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Stem Cells’ from the Bone Marrow Used For Bladder Regeneration

An advanced medical model enables the possibility to regenerate a bladder using stem cells that can be extracted from the patient’s bone marrow. This has recently been discovered by scientists from the United States. The progress in using a patient’s bone marrow stem cell is producing an unfolding scope for organ replacement therapies. Arun Sharma, [...]

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A Story about ‘Immortal’ Cells of Henrietta Lacks

15. December 2010

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A Story about ‘Immortal’ Cells of Henrietta Lacks

The discovery of the HeLa cell line has promoted remarkable biomedical research. It has contributed to the development of polio vaccine and even vitro fertilization. The indefinite force of these cells is present in the cell’s potential to proliferate and grow indefinitely. The fascinating thing is that few people know that these cells originally came [...]

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Reversing Aging Closer Than We Think – A Harvard Study on Mice Proves The Possibility

12. December 2010

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Reversing Aging Closer Than We Think – A Harvard Study on Mice Proves The Possibility

Some researchers at the Harvard Medical School has found a way to turn-back the aging process in mice. They are now trying to enhance the therapy so that it can be applied for human as well. The lead author of the study Ronald DePinho and with his team of Harvard researchers has been able to [...]

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Fighting Aging: Reproduction A Confirmed Way to Rejuvenate Cells

25. November 2010

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Fighting Aging: Reproduction A Confirmed Way to Rejuvenate Cells

Does rejuvenation really exist? In fact, in nature rejuvenation does occur through reproduction. This is a premier; at CNRS in France a group of scientists from the Laboratoire de Biologie Moleculaire de la Cellule was successfully able to study how C.elegans worm had an instant ‘rejuvenation’ occurring to its oocytes prior to fertilization. The research [...]

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Fertility Can Be Extended – 20 years frozen Embryo Used For a Baby Boy

13. November 2010

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Fertility Can Be Extended – 20 years frozen Embryo Used For a Baby Boy

Recently, a baby boy was born by using an embryo that was frozen 20 years ago. This is, however, causing ethical dilemmas concerning inter-generation‘adoption’ With advancing medical technology, freezing and preserving embryos for fertility treatment in women is increasingly common. The ability to freeze embryos helps women to try several cycles without having to develop [...]

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Gene Research Predicts the Risk of Early Menopause and its Associated Consequences

18. October 2010

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Gene Research Predicts the Risk of Early Menopause and its Associated Consequences

Researchers from UK are saying that gene research can help to predict whether women will have an early menopause or not. Roughly, 5 percent of women have their menopause prior to the age of 46 years. Early menopause has some negative effects on a woman’s ability to conceive even 10 years before reaching that age. [...]

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Off The Menu Organ Procurement

14. October 2010

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Off The Menu Organ Procurement

When medical scientists use a scaffold and their patient’s own cells produced in a lab, they have been busy generating after market – so to speak – body parts. Surgeons will eventually be able to transplant these substitute parts of a body on a habitual basis directly from the laboratory. Anthony Atala is currently employed [...]

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