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  • August 2008

    • Scientists Tinker With Biological Clock

      BBC  |  Aug 11, 08 2:07 AM CDT

      Scientists Tinker With Biological Clock

      (Newser) - US researchers believe they have found a way to turn back the clock on the processes which make organs age. Scientists engineered genetic alterations to make the livers of older mice function like younger mice, the BBC reports. The discovery may lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's and other diseases associated with aging. More »

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      aging  • Parkinson's disease  • Alzheimer's Disease  • aging process  • genetic alteration

  • March 2008

    • Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Longevity

      Scientific American  |  Mar 5, 08 11:42 AM CST

      Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Longevity

      (Newser) - A genetic mutation that makes cells less responsive to growth hormone has been linked to human longevity, Scientific American reports. A recent study looked at children of Ashkenazi Jews with a family history of long life and an average age of 98, and compared their genes with the children of other Ashkenazi who died around age 68. The mutation suppressing response to the growth factor IGF1 showed up in the former group. More »

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      health  • medical breakthrough  • genes  • aging  • genetic mutation  • longevity  • growth hormones  • aging process

  • January 2008

    • Exercise Slows Aging Process

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 29, 08 9:54 AM CST

      Exercise Slows Aging Process

      (Newser) - People who exercise don't just feel younger, they clinically are younger—by up to 10 years, according to a new study. And while exercise slows the aging process, a sedentary lifestyle accelerates it, reports the Daily Telegraph. The findings are "a message that could be used by clinicians to promote the anti-aging effect of regular exercise," said the lead researcher. More »

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      exercise  • aging process  • Archives of Internal Medicine  • telomeres

  • August 2007

    • Grapevine Genome Yields Secrets

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Aug 27, 07 4:24 PM CDT

      Grapevine Genome Yields Secrets

      (Newser) - Grapevines have extra genes that are responsible for making wine taste and smell so good, a new study finds. A team of researchers from France and Italy (where else?) mapped a pinot noir-related grapevine's genome and found it has twice as many genes linked to resin and oil—which give wine its "nose"—as regular plants do, McClatchy reports. More »

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      wine  • genetics  • genetic mutation  • red wine  • genome  • grapes  • resveratrol  • aging process  • pinot noir

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