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People in Biogerontology
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Note (12-1-2009): Please see Dr. Magalhães's. Comprehensive list of individuals. Michael D. West. President of Advanced Cell Technology. Stephen R. Spindler. Professor of Biochemistry at UC Riverside. Interests: Molecular basis of aging, Interactions between diet, health and longevity at the molecular level. Professor of zoology at the University of Idaho. Research focus on the biology of aging in humans, mammals, and birds. João Pedro de Magalhães. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge. Previo...
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Chris Smelick's Biogerontology Reading List
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Chris Smelick's Biogerontology Reading List. Following are books related to the field of biogerontology. Some are technical and read somewhat like an encyclopedia, and some are written for the layman, so check out the amazon descriptions by clicking the book titles. This page is under construction and I hope to soon add book descriptions and more books. If you know of a good book related to this field that isn't listed here, please email me. The Evolutionary Biology of Aging". How and Why We Age".
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biologicalgerontology.com: what is biogerontology?
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biologicalgerontology.com: why do we age?
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Why do we age? How different is the investment in energy between the soma and the germline, and how does this relate to why people age and senesce when they do? Having defined the origins of senescence and aging, many evolutionary biologists and geneticists ask "given genetics influences longevity, which specific genetic mechanisms are responsible for aging and senescence? No such mechanisms exist!
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Reliability Theory of Aging
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Reliability Theory of Aging. Russian researchers Leonid Gavrilov and Natalia Gavrilova. Have a new and insightful take on how and why we age. Based on systems. Paper from Journal of Theoretical Biology.
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Ependymin-dervied Drugs: Behind CereMedix's Absurd Claims
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Ependymin-dervied Drugs: Behind CereMedix's Absurd Claims. A few days ago the headlines read "LIVING TO 120 WITH EASE". This man could help you live to 120". While the claims that the pill which they describe will get everyone to age 120 seem unfounded, the fashion with which it purportedly increases longevity brings up many interesting topics in aging. It codes for a protein appropriately dubbed MERP1 (mammalian ependymin-related protein gene). The memory-regulating role ependymin plays in fish, as ...
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News Sites
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Stem Cell Research News. Biospace - Biotech News.
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Atherosclerosis Development and Declining Stem Cell Function, Reversal of Disease with Stem Cell Injections
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Atherosclerosis Development and Declining Stem Cell Function, Reversal of Disease with Stem Cell Injections. An excellent recent article. Of much significance, researchers also found that when the donors of stem cells were older mice rather than the younger mice, the injections were much less efficacious at repairing tissues.
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biologicalgerontology.com: why is biogerontology important?
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Why is biogerontology an important emerging field with respect to current disease research?
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Telomerase as a Cancer Target with RNA Interference
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Telomerase as a Cancer Target with RNA Interference. Someone was bound to get the idea to use RNA interference therapeutically sooner or later, and it just so happens that scientists at the University of Rochester have targeted telomerase. Is doing, but not with RNAi. One of their mission-statement webpages.