Tag Archives: aging

Extending life with diet or insulin has trade-offs

News: Extending Lifespan    May 22, 2010
Over the last decade or so, two of the most promising avenues of research in gerontology (the study of aging) and the search for means of extending human life have been on the effects of restricting diet and the activity of the hormone insulin. Numerous studies have shown that caloric restriction (not starvation, but a [...]
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New study: Genetic variations associated with aging

News: Extending Lifespan    February 8, 2010
Sometimes the shortest distance to new knowledge is a lot of repetitious work – like analyzing 500,000 genetic variations across the entire human genome. Researchers at King’s College London (UK), Leicester University (UK), and the University of Groningen (Netherlands) were on the trail of locating genes associated with aging. This is part of the (perhaps) [...]
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What if most people lived to 100?

Impact: Extending Lifespan    November 4, 2009
It’s more than possible. In the not very distant future, most people will live to be 100 years old. That possibility…should make people pause. First off: Is it true? Second: If true, when might it happen? Third: What does that mean, for a lot of things? Almost a third of the “impact areas” listed here [...]
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Can we stimulate repair of old muscles?

News: Longer Life    October 10, 2009
Yes, we probably can stimulate more repair of muscle cells in older people. Berkeley — A study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has identified critical biochemical pathways linked to the aging of human muscle. By manipulating these pathways, the researchers were able to turn back the clock on old human muscle, [...]
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