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Some 288 news articles appeared in the last two days with headlines like Anti-age pill comes closer to reality and  Is Man’s Quest For Longevity Hidden in Antibiotics?  They are about the latest experimental discovery related to the  mTOR gene … Continue reading →

The basic idea of cancer immunotherapy is to get a patient’s own immune system to attack and destroy cancer cells or cancer stem cells or both. There are several approaches to doing this and one important general approach involves the … Continue reading →

I thought I would poke into what the research literature says about things in my diet and associated risk of Alzheimer’s disease or late-onset dementia.  I came up with the following” My morning cups of coffee (3-4 cups, half-caffeinated, half … Continue reading →

A relatively new approach to looking at and treating cancers is to focus on cancer stem cells, a small subpopulation of cancer cells in a tumor that are capable or reproducing indefinitely and differentiating into mature cancer cells.  “Cancer stem … Continue reading →

The genome of an individual normally exhibits variations from the reference human genome identified by the Human Genome Project.  Some of these variations are inherited, some are due to mutations, some may be harmful, some are beneficial and some may … Continue reading →

The headline in the Reuters news release yesterday is Two-thirds of American adults are too fat: study, and the lead is “CHICAGO (Reuters) – Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in … Continue reading →

One view is that stress is the enemy of longevity.  From the Library of Halexandria:  “Stress is an undesirable commodity — if only because it’s not beneficial to wellness.  Thus it stands to reason that a reduction in stress in … Continue reading →

Back in March I posted a short item the substance DHMEQ on this blog, a powerful recently-discovered inhibitor of NF-kappaB.  You might want to check out that post before reading further here.    DHMEQ was designed and synthesized by Japanese researchers … Continue reading →

FROM TIME TO TIME, THIS BLOG DISCUSSES DISEASE PROCESSES.  THE INTENTION OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS IS TO CONVEY CURRENT RESEARCH FINDINGS AND OPINIONS, NOT TO GIVE MEDICAL ADVICE.  THE INFORMATION IN POSTS IN THIS BLOG IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR A … Continue reading →

This post is about a relatively older but still-interesting line of research linking the human hormone alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) to reduction of inflammation.  Melanocytes are cells which produce the pigment melanin which gives color to the skin, eyes and hair.   … Continue reading →