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Treatment Could Make Women Live 30 Percent Longer, and Stay Fertile Too [Mad Science]io9 - Nov 24, 2008 It turns out that having children at an advanced age won't kill you - instead, it might mean you'll live up to 30 percent longer than average. A group of researchers at the University of California discovered this odd … Also tagged: science, genetics, genomics, mad science |
io9 - Sep 18, 2008
If you want to live forever, one of the main things stopping you is cancer. Many of the mechanisms that prevent cells from aging also make those cells prone to carcinogenic mutations. But now a research team at the …
Also tagged: cancer, science, biology, telomerase, chinchillas
io9 - Aug 25, 2008
Every time your cells divide, the "telomeres," or caps on the ends of your chromosomes, get a little shorter. Elderly creatures begin to suffer diseases of old age partly because their telomeres have become so short …
Also tagged: science, biology, proteomics, mad proteomics
io9 - Jul 29, 2008
Within about 10 years, you might be drinking anti-aging enzymes with your bottled water. California biochemists have a plan to keep the world younger and healthier by using nanotech to deliver an enzyme called CoQ10 to …
Also tagged: science, coq10, mad chemistry
io9 - Jul 15, 2008
Stress runs down the body's immune system, which is why people with high-stress jobs or events in their lives are vulnerable to illness. Now a researcher at UCLA has discovered the link between emotional stress and …
Also tagged: stress, science, biology, telomerase
io9 - Apr 23, 2008
In some parts of the United States, medicine has not improved the average life expectancy — and in fact, the average lifespan has been going steadily downward since the 1980s. No, immigration is not to blame for these …
Also tagged: medicine, science, futurism, life expectancy, dystopia, plos