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Nuclear Aging: The View from the Telomere end of the Chromosome Part 1 – context, history, and about telomere lengths

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By James P Watson with Preface and editorial assistance by Vince Giuliano Preface by Vince Giuliano According to the latest theories of cosmology, the universe has no center.  However, anyplace in the universe, including where we are on Earth, can … Continue reading

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Jim Watson’s “Top 12” List of “Things I Learned about Aging” in 2013

By James P Watson with editorial assistance from Vince Giuliano In the style of David Letterman’s “top 10 list” from late night TV, I am listing my own list of the most important things that I personally learned in 2013 … Continue reading

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Editorial: 13 personal health and longevity science headlines for 2013

By Vince Giuliano with comments by James P Watson We have come to the end of a year and a start of another, and this has led me to musing about what I have learned in 2013. I have been … Continue reading

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ACE and Angiotensin II: The “Double Agents” that Play Multiple Roles in the Molecular Story of Life

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By James P Watson, with editorial assist, a little rounding out and a few comments by Vince Giuliano Image source I am convinced that actions in the Renin-Angiotensin cascade can be a major cause of inflammation, aging, and cancer.  Exogenous antioxidants, … Continue reading

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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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