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It has long been suspected that polymorphisms in the cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) gene confer important longevity benefits.  This post is prompted by recent news about the gene.  The post reviews what is known about the actions of the … Continue reading →

On January 21, this blog will celebrate its first birthday.  The purpose of this post is to review how the blog has evolved from its original intent, to review the ways it has been heading recently, and to discuss whether … Continue reading →

If you are a supplement follower, you may have already read a newspaper article today on the major study on Ginkgo and cognition just reported in JAMA.  Here is a firsthand copy of the abstract of the original article Ginkgo … Continue reading →

A number of interesting studies related to calorie restriction (CR) have shown up recently.   I will discuss a few of these studies here, particularly ones relating CR to cancers.   I will discuss additional studies relating CR to gene activation in … Continue reading →

Genetics, genomics, epigenetics and epigenomics are important recurrent topics in the writing of this blog.  The discussions have included many examples of longevity-related  genes, “shortivity” genes, cancer and inflammation-related genes, gene silencing and gene mutations.  For reference purposes I list … Continue reading →

I have covered a number of new-science approaches to detecting, preventing or curing cancers in this blog and in other writings.  The context was set in an early blog entry From four-pound hammer to smart molecules – on cancer treatments.  … Continue reading →

I became fascinated with l-carnosine about ten years ago.  Back then, this substance seemed capable of doing more or less what telomerase activators are hoped to be doing now – greatly extending the replicative life spans of certain body cells.  … Continue reading →

A few hours ago a dear friend of mine asked me to review the supplements he was taking before he flew away to live in Germany.  To provide a context for that review I came up with a simplified explanation … Continue reading →

Maria Blasco heads the Telomeres & Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Center in Madrid.  She and her group have produced a number of important papers over recent years contributing to our understanding of telomere/telomerase science. A November 2009 … Continue reading →

Senesco is a small research-based company specializing in “genetic technologies designed to regulate cell death.”  A company that started out with focus on commercial agriculture, it has been exploring a proprietary gene, Factor 5A1, that might well also have a … Continue reading →