Monthly Archives: August 2013

It’s being reported that electro-magnetic fields can influence life span[1]. Specifically, low frequency, 3D fields, were evidently found to extend and shorten the life spans of fruit flies. This reminds me a little of Bob Becker’s reports of regenerating amputated … Continue reading →

Greetings, Somehow our invited lecture in Canada on new vision of aging ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bVjgNsfJvI  ) has received over 1300 views, and entertaining media attention:New Video on Aging: ?For Centenarians, It All Begins at Birth? PensionCalculator.org –  iProsper Media, August 28, … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:Need extra myelin for your CNS oligodendrocytes?  How about the Schwann Cells in your PNS? “Always aim high.  That way you are unlikely to shoot yourself in the foot.” 🙂 … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:RbAp48, a Histone Binding Protein that modifies acetylation, is critical in the etiology of mouse models of AD and in humans. Prof. Kandel gave a talk on this at UCLA … Continue reading →

Contact: Karin Eskenazi ket2116@columbia.edu 212-342-0508 Columbia University Medical Center A major cause of age-related memory loss identified Study points to possible treatments and confirms distinction between memory loss due to aging and that of Alzheimer’s IMAGE: The researchers have identified … Continue reading →

On 8/28/2013 12:32 PM, george church wrote: > I did not say that the US Government would do this. I simply said that > they gave “positive feedback”. What does that mean, George? Might you mean “positive reinforcement” or “expressions … Continue reading →

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:  The cute bugs are irrelevant. 112,000 BP is now the DNA size of the smallest bacterium! How can it do it? How many genes? — Steve Coles   “Image … Continue reading →

Walter: It makes me feel good to know that an MIT physicist can prove that biology doesn’t violate the laws of physics. 🙂 

To Members and Friends of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group:  This article is like a breath of fresh air compared with the 400-page tome I just read by Canadian author Adam Gollner in a book entitled The Book of … Continue reading →