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Image source This blog entry is in response to the wager challenge in Jim Watson’s post Aging science wager challenges and prizes open to readers of 8 April, 2013.  As you will recall, $2.00 is the total at stake. Normally, … Continue reading →

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Image source Frequent readers of this blog know that James P Watson (Jim) is a colleague and significant contributor to this blog.  Jim recently sent me an e-mail offering to make personal wager bets with me on two questions related … Continue reading →

On March 25 2013, I gave a presentation “The Prospects that Emerging Science Offers Us for Longer Healthy Lifespans” as part of the Kopriva Science Seminar series at Montana State University.  Thanks in part to good newspaper publicity, The Hager … Continue reading →

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  A small group of key colleagues and I have formed a new consulting business, Vivace Associates.  Our target clients are all organizations concerned with the cost and efficiency of health care – health insurance companies, governments and government agencies, … Continue reading →

This blog entry contains the PowerPoint presentation I gave in Honolulu at the Hawaii Institute for Molecular Education Symposium Investigating the Future of Medicine which was Webcast on March 16, 2013.  The presentation is more graphical and less technical than the … Continue reading →

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By Victor, with contributions by Vince Giuliano Satellites in Muscle Part I It is well established that the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass contributes significantly to disease prevention and avoidance of falls and many other problems that degrade quality of … Continue reading →

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Written by James Watson, with major contributions by Vince Giuliano Introduction – Mitochondrial Roles in the Cell This is the second part in a series of blog entries examining the roles of mitochondria in key biological activities.  For additional background … Continue reading →

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Microtubules, the intra-cellular transport system, health and longevity By Vince Giuliano Image source Microtubules play important and ever-changing structural roles in cells, play key roles in  embryo development and cell division, are the basis for the intra-cellular molecular transport system, … Continue reading →

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By Vince Giuliano and James P Watson This blog entry generalizes on the concept of hormesis, discusses the multiple pathways through which hormesis takes place, and suggests a myriad of ways that ordinary people can take advantage of hormesis to … Continue reading →