Nuts over Nuts

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By James P. Watson, with help and some additions by Vince Giuliano Introduction  Nuts have long been “labeled” as a bad source of nutrition due to their high fat content.  However, a growing body of scientific studies have shown that … Continue reading

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Prospectus for a Grand Unified theory of Biology, Health and Aging

By Vince Giuliano with major contributions from Jim Watson This blog entry argues that the time has come to create a Grand Unified Theory of Aging.  Such a theory will necessarily be a major part of a Grand Unfied Theory … Continue reading

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The Master Regulator of Aging? – Redox, Glutatione and Cysteine, Part 1

By Dan Campagnoli (Welcome Dan, as a researcher and writer for this blog.  Jim Watson and I agree that with what is laid out in this blog entry, you clearly win both of the prizes in our contest Aging science … Continue reading

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Further extensions to and implications of the Xenohormetic live food hypothesis

By Vince Giuliano and Melody Winnig  Image source This is the third blog entry related to the Xenohormetic live food hypothesis.  In the first blog entry – Health through stressing fruits and vegetables —  we laid out the basic hypothesis, … Continue reading

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Genetic and epigenetic factors in cancer, cellular senescence and the light and dark sides of exosome communications in cancer

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By James P Watson with assistance by Vince Giuliano This blog entry looks at the genetic and epigenetic factors in cancer.  The news here is basically good – epigenetic transformations seem in many cases to be upstream of genetic mutations … Continue reading

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Circular RNA – The RNA Story is coming Full Circle” – “Exon Skipping”explains Atherosclerosis and possibly aging

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By James P Watson with contributions and editing by Vince Giuliano This blog entry tells two stories.  The first story is that of circular RNAs.  Once we thought that any important DNA was located in the nucleus of cells on … Continue reading

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More on the xenohormetic live food hypothesis – synergies among polyphenols, additional post-harvest plant stressors and stress responses, plant polyphenol transcription factors, and more

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By James P Watson  I believe the the message of the previous blog entry Health through stressing fruits and vegetables – the Xenohormetic Live Food Hypothesis by Vince and Melody is worthy of acclaim.  As so frequently happens, it fueled … Continue reading

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Health through stressing fruits and vegetables – the Xenohormetic Live Food Hypothesis (updated)

By Vince Giuliano and Melody Winnig Update , October 17, 2013:  The purpose of this blog entry is to lay out a hypothesis that could turn out to be very significant for health and longevity if it were practically applied. We … Continue reading

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Quorum Sensing Part 2 – Intra and inter-species molecular communications

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By Vince Giuliano Life depends on molecular messaging. Cells and organisms – simple ones like c-elegans and complicated ones like humans – are constantly exchanging internal molecular messages. These messages are critical for articulating development, tissue homeostasis, repairs of various … Continue reading

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Quorum sensing Part 1: quorum sensing inhibition via phytochemicals – a new approach against infectious diseases.

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By Vince Giuliano   Image source                                         Image source Among infectious bacteria, talk is not cheap. Quorum sensing (QS) is a fundamental biological process involving how cells in assemblages sense and communicate and cooperate with each other.  It applies to bacterial … Continue reading

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