Tag Archives: longevity

Is Growing Old Better than the Alternative?

Posted on 6 July, 2020 by alfin2101

Old age is accompanied by a host of losses and indignities. Your appearance will suffer, no matter what you do. You may retain your mental faculties, but what about your health? Why worry about your virility when you cannot eat … Continue reading →

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Finally an Authentic Approach to Anti-Aging

Posted on 22 May, 2020 by alfin2101

DNA damage is common to our cells, but when we’re young our bodies can fix it pretty easily. Unfortunately we lose that ability over time, leading to many of the symptoms of aging that we know all too well. A … Continue reading →

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The Slow Death from Smoldering Inflammation

Posted on 30 December, 2019 by alfin2101

Acute, short-term inflammation is important to fight infections and to heal from injuries. But smoldering, chronic inflammation will eventually kill you. Slow, chronic inflammation is linked to several diseases of ageing including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, joint diseases, COPD, and inflammatory … Continue reading →

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Three Years You May Want to Hibernate

Posted on 7 December, 2019 by alfin2101

Years 34, 60, and 78: When Bad Things Happen Scientists working at Stanford University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and institutions in Germany and Italy, have determined that protein markers for human ageing change significantly during three years of a … Continue reading →

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Can Rapamycin Help You Live to 200?

Posted on 22 November, 2019 by alfin2101

The mTOR pathway is switched on when lots of nutrients are present and it stimulates growth and reproduction. If you impair the pathway, or make it less efficient, an organism will prepare for a situation with less nutrients, and begin … Continue reading →

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Raising the Retirement Age to 130

Posted on 19 November, 2018 by alfin2101

The official retirement age in many countries is between the ages 60 and 65. Workers are generally expected to live another 15 years or so, on average for a lifespan of roughly 80 years. But what if the expected lifespan … Continue reading →

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Falling Through the Earth’s Centre: How Long to Reach the Other Side?

Posted on 24 August, 2016 by alfin2101

The gravitational effects on a body falling through the centre of the Earth to the other side, is an interesting problem. The video above introduces an idea or two which may be new to you, even if you have thought … Continue reading →

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Happiness Deconstructed

Posted on 12 July, 2016 by alfin2101

What is Happiness? First, a few things that happiness IS NOT: bitter hostility, helpless loneliness, a despairing dearth of choices, a lack of personal confidence based upon genuine personal incompetence, the absence of any meaningful purpose. The Happiness of Pleasure … Continue reading →

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Anti-Ageing Interventions

Posted on 9 June, 2016 by alfin2101

A Few Biomarkers or “Mileposts” of Ageing It will be very difficult to measure the success of anti-ageing interventions without using a number of validated biomarkers that reflect the current state of ageing of the organism or person. Here are … Continue reading →

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Sweet AGE-ing: Focus on Advanced Glycation End-Products

Posted on 23 May, 2016 by alfin2101

Advanced glycation end products, (AGEs) are proteins or lipids that become glycated as a result of exposure to sugars.[1] They can be a factor in aging and in the development or worsening of many degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, … Continue reading →

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Guns, Lots of Guns — And Other Crazy Stories

Posted on 6 April, 2016 by alfin2101

The March record is the eleventh straight monthly record for background checks. The unprecedented streak, which began in May 2015, has included all-time records for both monthly and yearly sales. With 7,682,141 checks processed through the FBI’s National Instant Background … Continue reading →

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Fountain of Youth: Pouring Young Blood Into Old Bodies?

Posted on 4 April, 2015 by alfin2101

The search for the fountain of youth is following many different paths, including the “seven-fold path” of SENS, suspended animation via cryonic vitrification, tweaking the immune system to boost human resilience, increasing the length of telomeres, regenerative medicine, stem cells, … Continue reading →

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