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A pill for longer life?

(http://www.nature.com) - scanned by: Bora over 3 years ago
Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, has been found to extend the lives of mice by up to 14% — even when given to the mice late in life. More>>>
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Never Say Die

(http://www.forbes.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
Harvard Medical School longevity researcher David Sinclair thinks pharmaceutical science is on the brink of a new generation of supermedicines that will prolong the human life span. More>>>
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The Island Where People Live Longer

(http://www.npr.org) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
The island of Icaria could be the newest of the world's so-called blue zones — places where residents have unusually long life spans. More>>>
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Diet Band-Aid (good for those who want to go on...

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Konkrete over 4 years ago
It could be a dieter's best friend or worst nightmare: technology that knows how much a person has just eaten, knows how many calories he has burned off, offers suggestions for improving resolve and success, and never lets him cheat. And it's all ... More>>>
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Diet Band-Aid (good for those who want to go on...

(http://www.technologyreview.com) - scanned by: Konkrete over 4 years ago
It could be a dieter's best friend or worst nightmare: technology that knows how much a person has just eaten, knows how many calories he has burned off, offers suggestions for improving resolve and success, and never lets him cheat. And it's all ... More>>>
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Delaying aging by inhibiting mitochondrial resp...

(http://ouroboros.wordpress.com) - scanned by: mycophage over 4 years ago
The CLK-1 ("clock") pathway is a major conserved regulator of longevity: in organisms as diverse as mice and worms, mutations in the CLK-1 gene delay development and extend the lifespan. A new study from the Kenyon lab demonstrates that ... More>>>
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Stem Cell Therapy Makes Cloudy Corneas Clear

(http://www.sciencedaily.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
Stem cells collected from human corneas restore transparency and don't trigger a rejection response when injected into eyes that are scarred and hazy, according to experiments conducted in mice by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School... More>>>
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Quitting smoking will improve your life

(http://www.selfcaremanual.com) - scanned by: iamamaniac over 4 years ago
Sometimes life has surprises in store that can alter the very core of our existence; bring modifications that we never thought were possible. One such great surprise or better to call it a gift that life offers us is to create and nurture a new li... More>>>
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Data mining to reveal patterns of age-dependent...

(http://ouroboros.wordpress.com) - scanned by: mycophage over 4 years ago
Mining collections of dozens or even hundreds of gene expression datasets to identify global trends is becoming increasingly popular, especially in cancer research (cancer seems to be the research area that sees the most sophisticated applications... More>>>
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GE, Intel Train Eyes On Sick At Home

(http://www.forbes.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
General Electric and Intel aim to keep people out of the hospital with a new alliance to develop home-health monitoring devices. More>>>
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The perils of ageism

(http://www.physorg.com) - scanned by: Jeff Hilford over 4 years ago
it may not just be the elderly who are harmed by ageism. A new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that young, healthy people who stereotype old people may themselves be at risk of heart... More>>>
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Robot Nurses to Care for Japanese Elderly withi...

(http://www.zygbotics.com) - scanned by: zygbot over 4 years ago
Confirming its status as leader in the global robotics market, the Japanese government announced Wednesday that it would begin developing safety rules for the development of robot nurses, which are expected to begin serving the country’s rapidly a... More>>>
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