Mice tend to end up their life being prototypes of medical research. We should note that mice represent 50 percent of the laboratory animals used for experiment and thus the prime source of testing for modern medicine. Recently, a group of research from University of Pittsburgh confirmed that they had found the secret behind a [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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Dr Michel Rose is a researcher who has been doing his research on flies for many years with his other research fellows. He has a lab by the name of Rose where he does most of the research. He has been studying on the fact that biological immortality is very much possible. The study was [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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AgelessAnimals.org was established in 1995 by Director John C. Guerin, who is a research about the extraordinarily healthy aging of long-lived animals, and use this information to expand the healthy life span of humans. Such animals are rockfish, turtles and whales, which are recorded to live about 200 years with the absence of common signs [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 13, 2011
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According to a research, made by the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, the survival rate of hibernating mammals, during their hibernation period in winter is higher than in active months of the year. The researchers also discovered that their overall rate of survival in comparison with non-hibernators, of similar size, is much higher. Biologist [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 19, 2011
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It seems like seabirds may have discovered the ultimate mission of gerontology: to prevent or reverse aging. However, American ornithologist Ian Nisbet wished he knew what it was. As terns age, they don’t exhibit signs of deteriorating physical abilities. There are other animals, aside from terns, also enjoying longevity with very few signs of aging [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 20, 2010
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Neuroscientists have found that stress can be inherited in genes. In fact, stress is harmful but there is a valid biological reason why it is passed-down to future generations. Stress is a mental devil; it leads to various outcomes, high blood pressure, heightens the risk of infertility and increases the pace of aging. Nevertheless, if [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 12, 2010
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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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 6, 2010
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Fascinatingly, genes tend to give ordinary cells a longer life. Organisms evolve through a chain of life, whereby organisms are connected to ancestors like parents and grandparents linking species back to a billion years. We are all interlinked to the first animals having lived in the ‘pre-Cambrian era’. In this sense, we can consider that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 12, 2010
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There is a common saying “Live Fast and Die Young” however, the contrary is equally true – Live slow and Die Old. Tortoises are reptiles that can live to an advanced age. Their main secret for longevity is a low metabolism and not their slow speed. However, both low speed and metabolism are connected. It [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 28, 2010
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The size of dogs is a known factor for dog’s longevity. Smaller dogs tend to outlive bigger dogs. However, body size and mass are not the only factors that determine how long a dog will live. Fascinatingly, according to a new study, a dog’s personality influences its longevity. This might intriguingly promote better understanding of [...]
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