Imagine yourself now – are you dedicated? Now imagine yourself in 10 years – are you dedicated? Differences in your brain activity dependent on these two different questions might be fundamental to the future of longevity research and society in general. The future of the longevity field and society To take longevity research seriously it…
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cancer, genetics, lifespan, longevity
Sirt1 and aging: fighting wars on two fronts
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A new paper just out in Cell by the Sinclair group gives us some intriguing but sobering information about aging and genomic integrity. The new twist to the ever evolving story is the Sirt1 protein might have at least two primary roles in the cell. The first role is to locate itself on DNA to…
exercise, lifespan, longevity
The testing of a new sirt1 activator: SRT1720
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SRT1720 is a sirt1 activator and the new hope for a calorie restriction mimicker, which may lead to an increase in human lifespan. Resveratrol (which I have written about several times, here, here and here) is also a sirt1 activator, which is found (in very small quantity) in red wine, is also a sirt1 activator…
lifespan, longevity, olfaction
Stop smelling the roses – and live longer ?
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In this case I don’t mean stop living life to its fullest – soaking it all up – but rather the possibility of ceasing your ability to smell to increase your life span (hopefully you can continue living life to its fullest without the ability to smell – open question). Now one problem with almost…
lifespan, longevity
Visceral fat and how important it is to your longevity
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Over the last 3-5 years you have probably come across the importance of visceral fat to your health. Visceral fat is not the fat you can pinch at your belly – that fat is subcutaneous fat. Visceral fat is inside the abdominal wall. It is the fat that is thought to be responsible for chronic…
lifespan, longevity
Hourglass 3 – biology of aging blog carnival up at Sharpbrains
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Image via WikipediaNaked mole rat (see below) Alvaro Fernandez has done a very nice job of hosting Hourglass 3 blog carnival on the biology of aging at Sharpbrains by setting up the carnival as a series of questions and answers. Here are a few examples (minus the question and answer format): Jake provides some cautionary…
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45 minutes of vigorous exercise 6 days a week 52 weeks a year to increase your survival rate.
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Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I wrote a piece about a recent paper that found that runners had a higher survival rate and a lower rate of disability as they aged compared to non-runners. While I had a few problems with the study in the end I agreed with the authors conclusions (mainly a problem of…
exercise, lifespan, longevity
Keep moving for greater health and longevity
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How many of hours of aerobic exercise are you doing each week? How much should you be doing? 50+ year olds that run were less likely to die and had lower disability scores as they aged compared to non-runners. The new research paper was published by Chakravarty et al., 2008 a group from Stanford University…
lifespan, longevity
The new hourglass II is up at Ouroboros
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Chris Patil from Ouroboros has done another great job of hosting, and writing up the connections between the various blog pieces on the biology of aging (Hourglass). Go check it out the 2nd installment of the Hourglass. From Chris: “Hourglass III will be hosted on September 9th by Alvaro at SharpBrains, and Hourglass IV on…
lifespan, longevity
Can our track record in cancer research give us a hint of what we can expect in longevity research?
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Can we look at the history of some leading diseases to get an indication of the potential breakthroughs in longevity research? Research in the longevity field has dramatically grown in the last 3-4 years, and many are claiming we will realize great breakthroughs resulting in longer lives and more healthier years. And I for one…