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Inflammation Part 2: The Tale of Three Stress Sensors and their Interactions: 1)Inflammation, 2)Genomic Instability (p53), and 3)Oxidative stress (Nrf2)

By James Watson, with contributions and editing by Vince Giuliano We promised a major series of blog entries related to inflammation back in May 2016.    We said we would do that through narrating a number of inter-related stories many of … Continue reading

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Aging, health and disease – view from the DNA Methylome

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By James P. Watson with contributions and editing by Vince Giuliano Introduction (By Vince Giuliano) Jim Watson and I have held that aging and biology, like the universe itself, have no centers.  Like the universe, they can be looked at … Continue reading

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Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome – a disease of accelerated aging due to Alternative Splicing

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By James P Watson with editorial assistance and contributions from Vince Giuliano I.  WHY YOU SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN HUTCHINSON-GILFORD PROGERIA SYNDROME (HGPS) Summary: HGPS is a major clue to solving the “puzzle of aging” and the molecular mechanisms here … Continue reading

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Transposable DNA elements –- Part 2: The Self-copy Machines in Your Genes

By James P Watson with editorial and some content contribution by Vince Giuliano This is the second blog entry in a three-part series concerned with transposable DNA entries (TEs).  The Part 1 entry focused on basics of what TEs are, … Continue reading

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Transposable DNA elements – Part 1: basics and importance

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By Vince Giuliano, inspired by interaction by James P. Watson This is the first blog entry in a three-part series concerned with transposable DNA entries (TEs).  It focuses on basics of what TEs are, why they are important for us … Continue reading

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The top 21Benefits of Meditation

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By James P Watson, with editorial assistance and comments by Vince Giuliano and Melody Winnig Initial  comments – by Vince Giuliano This blog entry is about thoroughly documented health and possible longevity benefits of meditation, quite apart from possible spiritual … Continue reading

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Part 4 of the NAD world: the NQ01 gene, the Warburg effect, SIRT 1 and inflammation, and possible interventions

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By James P Watson with contributions and editorial assistance by Vince Giuliano This Part 4 blog entry goes even further into the extended NAD story, examining important subtopics: The ratio NAD+/NADH in cells and the body, which may be as … Continue reading

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30 Major Factors that Control SIRT1 Expression, SIRT1 Activity, and SIRT1-mediated Aging. Part 3 of the series NAD+ an emerging framework for health and life extension

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  By James P Watson with comments and editorial assistance by Vince Giuliano Introduction by Vince Giuliano: This is the third blog entry in the series NAD+ an emerging framework for health and life extension.  The first two entries were  … Continue reading

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NAD+ an emerging framework for life health and life extension — Part 2: Deeper into the NAD World, hopeful interventions

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By James P Watson with contributions and assistance by Vince Giuliano This is Part 2 of what will likely be a six-part series of blog entries related to the metabolic cofactor NAD+ and what goes on in the NAD World,  … Continue reading

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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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