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

Posted on 14. November 2015 by James Watson

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

Posted on 12. November 2015 by Vince Giuliano

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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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G-qaudruplexes

Posted on 24. September 2015 by James Watson

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By James P Watson with editorial help and selected contributions by Vince Giuliano Image source Human telomeric G-quadruplex structure  Introduction by Vince Giuliano If you are new to G-quadraplexes, I can appreciate reader resistance to confronting the intellectual challenge of … Continue reading →

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The top 21Benefits of Meditation

Posted on 16. July 2015 by James Watson

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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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Digital Health Part 4: Heart rate stress biomarkers derivable from smart watch data

Posted on 24. May 2015 by Vince Giuliano

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  By Vince Giuliano This blog entry focuses deeper on personal research I have been doing on specific constitutional stress biomarkers derivable from measurements by a smart watch, a Basic Peak in my case.  I described the stress biomarkers and … 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

Posted on 1. May 2015 by James Watson

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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

Posted on 8. April 2015 by James Watson

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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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A simple, comprehensive plan to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and other neurodegenerative diseases – Part 1: The Plan

Posted on 18. February 2015 by James Watson

By James P Watson, with contributions and editorial assistance by Vince Giuliano  INTRODUCTION AND OVERALL PRINCIPLES This is the first of a pair of blog entries concerned with dementias – neurological diseases including Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and its cousins.  This … Continue reading →

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Digital health – health and fitness wearables, Part 3: Heart Rate Variability: Principles and Science and Practical Measuring Devices

Posted on 3. February 2015 by James Watson

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By James P Watson with contributions and editorial assistance by Vince Giuliano This is the third blog entry related to electronic wearable devices capable of making personal behavioral and physical parameter measurements that bear on health and wellness and likely … Continue reading →

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Digital health – health and fitness wearables, Part 2: looking for practical stress biomarkers

Posted on 17. January 2015 by Vince Giuliano

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By Vince Giuliano This entry is different from any other published so far in this blog  – it describes an original research experiment rather than characterizing a whole area of research or being an editorial. This is the second blog … Continue reading →

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