Can chickens really teach us how to live longer?

February 22nd, 2010 admin Posted in Aging studies Comments Off

chickenHow long does a chicken live? 2 year, 3 years? They actually live a maximum of five years before passing away. Though amazingly, Nobel prize winner Alexis Carrel was able to keep the cells of one lucky chicken alive for 34 years, that’s nearly 6 times longer than its average life expectancy. Alexis had devised a theory that cells could be kept alive for an infinite amount of time, as long as they are stored in the right conditions. So how was he able to keep these cells alive so long? His method was very simple; through out the duration of the study the chicken cells were left in a container of fresh mineral water. Every two days Alexis exchanged the water in the container with a fresh batch, ensuring that the cells were receiving constant doses of nutrients. Unfortunately, he never got to see the final results of his experiment or how much it has inspired other scientists in his field; Alexis Carrel died 2 years before the end of this study.
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Less calories means living a longer life

February 4th, 2010 admin Posted in Aging studies Comments Off

sugarHow can eating less sugar extend our lives?

Research has recently been done looking at whether high calorie diets might be the main cause of shortened life spans. A recent study was preformed on healthy human cells, starving them of essential sugars to see what sort of a reaction it would have on them. The results showed that cells, which were given less sugar, tended to live longer than those that were fed a normal dosage. Though these findings are substantial, researchers believe that the study is too broad and more control tests should be done. Slowing the aging process may be more complicated than just slowing down the speed at which cells deteriorate. Read the rest of this entry »

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Discovery of Longevity Gene may bring a cure for Dementia

February 3rd, 2010 admin Posted in Aging studies Comments Off

alzheimers-geneAlzheimer’s and other well known old age dementia diseases are extremely common in our society, there are many guesses as to what may cause these conditions, but nothing is certain. Fortunately before actually knowing why people get Alzheimer’s, a cure may have been discovered.

The recent discovery of the so called ‘longevity gene’ has given researchers hope into finding a cure for old age dementia and related diseases, such as Alzheimer’s. Tests being done on this gene have given them enough information to hopefully develop an anti aging drug in the future. The likelihood that this discovery will lead to developing an Alzheimer’s prevention drug is high.
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The truth about anti-aging wrinkle cream

February 2nd, 2010 admin Posted in Aging studies Comments Off

facial-for-anti-agingWhen we think of aging and how it affects our bodies, most of us think of dry wrinkled and sagging skin. Skin makes up our exterior and is the first thing that people notice when meeting others for the first time. A soft supple young skin gives us an increased chance of being noticed by the other sex. Facial creams of all descriptions are in popular demand and are a big business, with cosmetics companies raking in billions of dollars a year from mainly middle aged women looking for the fountain of youth.

So how affective are these anti wrinkle creams? A well-known news provider decided to run an experiment to answer this very same question. They set out by finding six women in there 40’s and gave them a selection of commercial anti aging creams. The products were chosen for there popularity and ranged in price from one hundred and fifty dollars, all the way down to twenty dollars.
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Omega-3 anti-aging properties in heart disease patients

February 1st, 2010 admin Posted in Aging studies Comments Off

omega-3-pillsFor those that have been diagnosed with heart disease, a doctor will usually advise them to take regular high doses of Omega 3 acid supplements. It is commonly known that this substance helps the recovery process of people with heart related disease and other coronary conditions. During a study, which followed the progress of patients with heart disease, researchers realized that the high levels of omega-3 acids in their blood caused slower cell deterioration. This increase in acid helped to gradually slow down the shortening of the cells telomeres, which simply means, the patient’s cells stayed young. This has lead medical researchers to believe that Omega 3 acids have properties, which directly slow the aging process in humans. Read the rest of this entry »

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Anti Aging Research for a Fountain of Youth

April 9th, 2009 admin Posted in Aging studies Comments Off

“Fountain of Youth – New Hopes from Anti Aging Research Scientists

Eternal youth has always been one of the most popular dreams that many people shared for ages. And it still is. Human beings have started to try to fight age a long time ago, but unfortunately no really impressive discoveries have been done. That is why the mankind switched from anti aging research for a fountain of youth to the search of less difficult medicines: those that can help to fight with hair loss and those that can bring the sex drive back. For a long time even this was impossible. Read the rest of this entry »

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