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What do we need to do to live longer, healthier lives? An editorial tale of cars and people

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By Vince Giuliano Can we expect to live longer and longer as the first part of this century rolls by? I think so, probably by a large amount. We about doubled our human lifespans in the course of the last … Continue reading

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PLANT COMMUNICATIONS By Melody Winnig and Vince Giuliano Plants are far from being deaf and dumb.  We think this blog may help convince you that they are smart, listen carefully and are highly expressive. The topic of this blog is … Continue reading

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Anacardic acid –. Ayurvedic medicine, old industrial phytochemical with newly discovered molecular actions and health properties

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By Vince Giuliano and James P Watson Continuing a tradition in this blog of reviewing particularly interesting phytochemicals, we here discuss research on health-related properties and applications of anacardic acid.  Although much of the research on anacardic acid has been … Continue reading

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Trehalose – a natural sugar that could possibly be consumed for health and longevity

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By Vince Giuliano and James P Watson. Trehalose is a natural disaccharide sugar contained in mushrooms and many other organisms.  It has remarkable health-producing and life-extending properties that work in mice and lower organisms.  That is why we choose to … Continue reading

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Glucosamine for longevity

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By Vince Giuliano with important contributions by James P Watson Glucosamine is one of the most popular dietary supplements, used by millions who hope that it will lessen the ravages of osteoarthritis, arthritis, loss of cartilage and associated pain and … Continue reading

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Administrative notice on registration and comments

By Vince Giuliano In this blog, you must register as a subscriber in order to post comments.  If you have had trouble registering, have found your registration cancelled or are having trouble posting comments, please read on. I turned off … Continue reading

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FIVE-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT ON MAJOR TRENDS IMPACTING ON LONGEVITY.

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By Vince Giuliano This is a progress report on the changing state of human longevity during the five-year lifespan of this blog.  It reviews major trends and forces impacting on our lifespans, both scientific and social.  Longevity can be viewed … Continue reading

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PRECONDITIONING – Adaptive Response In Biology And Medicine – report on the 2014 annual meeting of the International Dose Response Society

By Vince Giuliano and Melody Winnig Frequent readers of this blog are familiar with the fundamental importance that we have attributed to biological stresses and stress-responses in driving health and longevity.   The two of us attended the 2014 meeting of … Continue reading

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Nuclear Aging: The View from the Telomere end of the Chromosome – Part 3 – Telomere Molecular Biology and GUT implications – The two faces of P53

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By James P Watson with editorial assistance and comments by Vince Giuliano This is Part 3 of 3 in the series The View from the Telomere end of the Chromsome.  Because of the length of the telomere story, we divided … Continue reading

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Shedding new light on circadian rhythms

By Vince Giuliano with inputs from James P Watson, Victor, and Melody Winnig Many of our most basic biological processes including gene activation are affected by circadian and other body and cell-level clock rhythms. In January 2012, Victor posted a blog … Continue reading

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