Tag Archives: old-age

Gene variants for living to 100 identified

News: Extending Lifespan    July 1, 2010
Under the heading, “Research Ripe for Over-interpretation” a team of scientists from the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine and the Boston Medical Center have published in the July 1, 2010 issue of the journal Science a paper identifying a suite of gene variants that can be used to predict whether people can [...]
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Study confirms telomere’s role in living longer

News: Extending Lifespan    November 16, 2009
Confirmation is a vital part of the scientific process. In this case confirmation involves our knowledge of telomeres. We know that telomeres, the short strip of DNA found at the ends of chromosomes, play a big role in protecting the DNA from gene loss during the many replications within a cell. One of the 2009 [...]
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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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