[1 - 7] [8 - 17]
Genetic Research Spurs Thoughts of Biblical Life Spans -
from CNN.com, Tuesday, August 5, 2003
Catapulted by advances in biotechnology, scores of researchers have begun to pinpoint genes that may prolong human life while delaying its late-stage diseases, frailties and maybe even gray hair and wrinkles. Their remarkable successes in laboratory animals--like worms that live four times longer than normal--have already germinated several drug companies. They hope to develop compounds to stretch healthy lifetimes beyond limits once presumed to be fixed - PDF format |
The Genomics of Longevity
Genes Associated with Increased Lifespan Give Drug Discovery Companies New Insight into How to Tackle Age-Related Diseases
from Start-Up, June 2003 Issue
Today's Baby Boomer, a consumer activist concerned with quality of life, is the senior of tomorrow, and such customers will certainly drive demand for new interventions that address the frailties of aging - PDF format
|
BioMarker Pharmaceuticals Develops Anti-Aging Therapy
from Life Extension Magazine
Wednesday, April 15, 2003.
There is now scientific evidence that a therapy can slow the aging process in laboratory animals - PDF format |
Lean Times: The Surprising Rise of Radical, Calorie-Cutting Diet. Could Self-Deprivation Be the Secret to a Longer, Albeit Famished, Life?
from The Wall Street Journal, June 3, 2002
Calorie restriction appears to create biochemical changes in the body that have a more-profound effect on lifespan than simply avoiding diseases caused by excess fat. It might lower the levels of free radicals, or potentially toxic particles created by the breakdown of food. Other scientists believe it triggers a state of emergency called "survival mode" in which the body eliminates all unnecessary functions to focus only on staying alive - PDF format |
Live, Fast, Die Old
Cutting Calories Quickly Alters Genes
from Nature Science Update, September 5, 2001
It's never too late to diet. Cutting calories for only a few weeks late in life causes anti-aging changes in mouse genes. Even those averse to weight watching might have their cake and eat it if researchers can find drugs that mimic dieting's effects - PDF format |
Low-Calorie Diet Slows Aging in Mice in Study
from The Washington Post, Tuesday, September 4, 2001; Page A10
"Putting elderly mice on a very low-calorie diet for as little as four weeks reversed many of the changes in the activity of various genes..." PDF format |
Gene clue to long life diet
from BBC NEWS Online, Monday, 3 September, 2001, 22:01 GMT 23:01 UK "Caloric restriction is the only intervention shown to extend lifespan in mammals.." PDF format |
Lean Diet Quickly Helps Old Mice, Maybe Humans Too
from Reuters News 03 September, 2001 22:09 BST
"...the results also held promise for the rapid screening of drugs and treatments that might mimic the effects of a low-calorie diet." PDF format
[1 - 7] [8 - 17] |
|
