Monthly Archives: March 2013

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:Abnormal pancreatic growth… — Steve Coles “Research Suggests Popular Diabetes Drugs Can Cause Abnormal Pancreatic Growth in Humans” by Enrique Rivero March 26, 2013;  (UCLA) — Individuals who had taken … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the  Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:BRCA-1 and -2 gene patents… — Steve Coles Who Invented Your Genes? bySandra Park, ACLU March 29, 2013; Who invented our genes? There are many possible answers to this question, … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:How simple rules among units in a swarm can lead to complex, non-intuitive, emergent properties [1]… — Steve ColesRef.: 1. “As One: How the Astonishing Power of Swarms Can Help … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:  Metformin inhibits NF-kB… — Steve Coles “Anti-Inflammatory Mechanism Found for Metformin” March 29, 2013; (LEF) — In an article appearing on March 23, 2013 in the journal Aging Cell, … Continue reading →

No, I did not. I was not invited.However, I did do some work with the Georgia Centenarian Study in 2002.SincerelyRobert Young

Re: [GRG] Stem Cell Fate Determined by Surface SmoothnessHow timely! “Stem cell niches” are finally receiving due attention. Ramos, F.J., and M. Kaeberlein, A healthy diet for stem cells. Nature 486:477-8; 2012. Yilmaz, O.H., et al., mTORC1 in the Paneth … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:  Stem cell fate determined by its grip to a surface. — Steve Coles Stem Cell Fate Depends on ‘Grip’ March 29, 2013; (Bioscience and Technology) — A team of … Continue reading →