Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 4th 2013

Discussion - Latest Headlines from Fight Aging!     - A Podcast Interview With Aubrey de Grey     - Wrapping Nanoparticles in Cell Membranes     - Vegetarianism Associated With Lower Risk of Heart Disease     - A Commentary on Radical Life Extension     - The View of Mortality as Not Easily Explainable By Common Genetic Variants     - Foundational Work For Nervous System Repair     - Magnetic Levitation in Tissue Engineering     - Advocating Intermittent Fasting     - Human Brain Simulation Project Funded     - Altering Eye Cells to Restore Vision MORE ON THE LONGEVITY OF TELOMERASE-ENHANCED MICE http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2013/01/telomerase-enhanced-mice-live-longer-and-longer-still-when-calorie-restricted.php These past few years, researchers have produced several demonstrations of extended life and reduced cancer rates in mice through the use of various gene therapy combinations involving increased telomerase expression and extra copies of cancer suppression genes such as P53. The latest update to arrive this month has the researchers trying out calorie restriction (CR) on their transgenic telomerase-enhanced (TgTERT) mice, with a wild-type (WT) control group. Apparently calorie restriction somewhat synergizes with the effects of additional telomerase, and thus cal...
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