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Napping and Human Sleep

Posted on 2. August 2011 by Victor

By Victor “Blue Zones” This is the name given by epidemiologists to places where people tend to have extraordinary lifespans.  Sardinia (an Italian island), Ikaria (a Greek island), Okinawa, the Nicoya peninsula of Costa Rica, and Loma Linda California are … Continue reading →

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Age-related cognitive decline: focus on interventions

Posted on 27. July 2011 by Vince Giuliano

In previous blog entries and in my longevity treatise, I have discussed factors involved in age-related decline in memory and cognitive functioning.  This blog entry is concerned with research findings that suggest practical approaches to slowing or possibly reversing such … Continue reading →

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Health and longevity benefits of plant polyphenols – focus grape seed extract

Posted on 19. July 2011 by Vince Giuliano

As the productivity of conventional drug discovery methods declines, there is a growing interest in the use of natural dietary substances for the prevention and treatment of multiple disease conditions.  In previous blog entries I have discussed a number of … Continue reading →

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Observations on Lyme Disease

Posted on 14. July 2011 by Vince Giuliano

“Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States and is also endemic in Europe and Asia(ref).”   Recently, a close member of my family contracted an acute case of Lyme Disease (LD), leading me to review the … Continue reading →

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Aging as a genomic-epigenomic dance

Posted on 1. July 2011 by Vince Giuliano

By Vince Giuliano Much of what we observe in aging appears to come about through accumulated genomic damage, or through aging-related epigenomic mechanisms. This blog entry explores the relationship of genomics to epigenomics with respect to diseases and aging. Some … Continue reading →

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Kinase Inhibition – A Magic Bullet?

Posted on 27. June 2011 by Victor

By Victor Protein kinases are enzymes which transfer phosphate groups from donors such as ATP to proteins in a process call “phosphorylation”. This process is usually reversible; phosphatases are the enzymes which “dephosphorylate” or remove phosphate groups from proteins. Each … Continue reading →

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Longevity of stem cells and the roles of stem cells in aging

Posted on 18. June 2011 by Vince Giuliano

By Vince Giuliano This blog entry is about somatic stem cells, the natural kind that reside in adult bodies, the factors that affect their health and longevity, the changes they undergo in the process of aging, and the roles they … Continue reading →

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Update on induced pluripotent stem cells

Posted on 10. June 2011 by Vince Giuliano

By Vince Giuliano The last seven months have seen a great deal of research related to and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cell reprogramming. This blog post is devoted to some important perspectives that have emerged resulting from that … Continue reading →

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Getting back to serious research and writing

Posted on 8. June 2011 by Vince Giuliano

The last three weeks has seen a series of blog problems and a hiatus of new postings.  Now the last of these problems are being straightened out and I and my colleague Victor are getting back to serious writing. Here … Continue reading →

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Spam update

Posted on 4. June 2011 by Vince Giuliano

By Vince – admin Our blog has been under a massive robot spam comment attack over the last four days.  We received, I estimate, 500 comments and all but a few were spam.  These inundated my personal mail and attached … Continue reading →

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